federico martinez this saw many hardships early in life during and after the spanish civil war his major concern was finding food in staying alive before becoming a professional writer he honed his cycling skills while delivering bread for black market traders and fleeing the police those skills led him to racing and eventually the spanish cycling federation picked him for its tour de france team in 1959 by this won it all. but when i won the tour for all the spaniards enjoyed it more than anyone. from that moment on things changed for spanish cycling in general franco met with me and the evolution of cycling changed for the better. decades removed from the sport he still regarded as the tour de france his best ever climber winning the king of the mountains classification 6 times but he's definitely not a fan of the sport's modern era. look at some of the commercial firms are killing the sport right now you have x. number of millions 100000000 euros to make a great team and you can do it you can't do it because they're all thinking about money and not about the results. you know what i c