I knew it was a right-hand turn into the line, so I tried to get the jump on Valentin [Paret-Peintre] before that. I managed to do that, but those last hundred metres are so hard… He had a better kick ...

Because of its location, San Miguel de Allende acted as a melting pot where Spaniards, Creoles and Amerindians exchanged cultural influences while the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco ...