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Mr Briggs said Alexander had shown "enormous personal kindness" over the years, and "courage and commitment" in going up against a "strong" cycling lobby to push for the change.

"She does all this with enormous charm and wit," she added.

Despite the enormous risk, he believes he can pressure the government to institute reforms, ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in October.

After a pause, she said: "Beautiful isn't the word. It's just vast, it's enormous."

"When we went on to the pitch at the start there was an enormous banner with 'comeback' written in Catalan."