viva la vuelta

my first few days at the best and most prestigious grand tour

Not for nothing, but if you show up at your first World Tour race in a state of acute sleep deprivation, you are going to have A Weird Time. 

I’m not great at planning ahead, and I’m terrible at flying. I’m not afflicted with any sort of false modesty — those are just two items that would show up on any comprehensive list of my shortcomings as a human be…