There's something oddly brilliant about professional cyclists sitting on a donkey

Sit back and enjoy a bizarre selection of photos from the Vuelta a España by Yuzuru Sunada

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Mikel Landa on a donkey
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

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Yukiya Arashiro takes his polka-dot dog for a ride.
(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

We've all been thinking it, waiting, wondering, longing. When, oh when were we finally going to get the opportunity to see professional cyclists posing on a decorated (and decidedly miserable) donkey?

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