Río Cuarto

There were posters of Messi and of the late Diego Maradona as a sky-blue and white deity, plus sky-blue and white banners labeled with their owner’s origins, such as Bahía Blanca and Rio Cuarto.

Dubai-based Sunderland, on a KTM, beat Austrian team mate Matthias Walkner by 32 minutes after the final 64km competitive stage in Rio Cuarto, Argentina.

Sunderland secured victory after safely navigating the final special stage, a 40-mile race into the Argentine town of Rio Cuarto.

A busy, bustling railway station, with as much noise around it as we find at Clapham Junction; another river—the Rio Cuarto, if my memory does not play me false; pampas again, with hills in the distance.