Spain had its eyes set on Tuesday Baiona, which hosted the 10th stage of the Vuelta CiclistaHowever, it has ended up being news by the most unexpected coincidence, because (as always) nothing has more power than spread that humor.
This town in Pontevedra has been preparing for weeks for this sporting event, a key date in the calendar that no one wanted to miss. On Monday itself, Baiona was already preparing for a great show in the sky and this Tuesday has welcomed with great enthusiasm the arrival of the competitors. But on social networks There is no talk of anything other than the news from the sports newspaper Marca: “This is Bayonne, the picturesque city in the French Basque Country where the Vuelta a España stage ends today.”
The news from Marca
If anyone has tried to follow the competition through social media, it is impossible not to know what it is about. Marca has slipped dramatically with a news item that what he intended was to make known the wonders of Baiona, although He ended up talking about a town more than 800 kilometers away away.
All indications are that a quick Google search has sent a confused journalist to discover a municipality that The only thing that has to do with this Galician jewel is a coincidence in the name. So close, yet so far. The Bayonne that Marca speaks of, “is close to the Atlantic coast -and so close- just a few kilometres from the Cantabrian Sea”. It is true that both towns have an important past, but they have little else to do with it.
It is The oversight has provoked hundreds of comments on social media, some more indignant and others with a great sense of humor. But, probably, where it has been funniest has been in Baiona, which has become twice as much news today.
Is the Marca news real?
No, It’s not a hoax. Although there is no longer a trace on their social networks, and the news has been completely removed from the internet, It was published at 10:28 a.m. on Tuesday, August 27Every page that enters Google leaves a traceable footprint.
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Actually, it’s nothing more than an anecdotal confusiondespite the mockery that has been generated on social networks, and the anger that some people may have felt.
