1994 Vuelta a España Vuelta, were expected to be his main rivals. A total of 17 teams were invited to participate in the 1994 Vuelta a España. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 170 cyclists. Out of the 170 riders that started this edition of the Vuelta a España, a total of 121 riders made it to the finish in Madrid. The 17 teams that took part in the race were: The 1994 Vuelta a España began with a brief individual time trial that circuited the city of Valladolid. The official race route contained
Contested ideological terrain multiple and sometimes competing functions [of sport] shift us away from analyzing social reproduction and domination only, and allow us to examine the interplay between domination and agency.” This framework also looks at the interplay between oppression and resistance, where both oppression and resistance exist simultaneously in the realm of sports. Michael Messner has showcased this aspect of this framework in his article, “Sports and Male Domination: The Female Athlete as Contested Ideological Terrain.” Contested ideological terrain Contested ideological terrain is, in sociology, a theoretical framework that looks at sport as a cultural practice that reinforces both the certain existing