More He is a cyclist to follow. Spanish rider with general classification options. As the gas price drops, the attack is the expected climber. And above all the team that represents history is the leader of Movistar, because there is only one cycling team in the world that has competed in the last 40 Tours de France back-to-back. First Reynolds, then Banesto, and now the acronym for the telephone company.
hand in hand in 1983 José Miguel Echavarri and assisted by a young Eusebio Unzue, team principal took Reynolds on Tour today. Even typing the names of these pioneer runners gives you goosebumps; Among others, Ángel Arroyo, Pedro Delgado, José Luis Laguía, Julián Gorospe…
nine spanish
Today, only nine Spaniards are on the Tour, and five of them have arrived in Copenhagen wearing the blue ‘shirt’ of Movistar, helping a tall, thin boy who speaks Majorca and Spanish and lives in Andorra to make it through his hardships to date. Paris with bridges, cobblestones, hills, mountains and time trials along the way. And if you look at what he said and how he said it, it immediately follows. Henry He’s more convinced than he was a year ago when he finished the lap in fifth place, finished second in the Vuelta, and breathed the same in a pack of good guys every day, whether you like it or not. oxygen, like Tadej Pogacar, sniffing your sweat and listening to their breath.
“I’m not going to start in the mountains because the fans want that from the couch. Also, I won’t be the first to attack. But if I’m here, it’s because I want to be on the podium. And one of the podiums is the one who wears yellow.” Plusthe expression of the cyclist who one day walked along the Tour and inherited the ‘kit’ that Óscar Pereiro wore when he won the France round against all odds in 2006.
if you look PlusIf you listen to him—who knew him and followed him since he was young—you’ll quickly see that at 27, he’s already a mature runner, not growing as fast as Tadej Pogacar, but someone who feels loved and respected in his field. set. And so, this is the first time this year and the absentees are unaccompanied. Alexander ValverdeHe goes to Grande Boucle as the sole leader of Movistar.
Exciting stages
“10 out of 10 for confidence and 10 out of 10 for form, I hope to last from here to Paris”. It takes seven runners to protect it, for example, to avoid strong winds on the 18-kilometer route over Denmark’s Great Belt bridge on Saturday, and any shocks on the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix next Wednesday. “It’s a scene he did three times because it’s going over the cobblestones that excites me, that I’ve seen since I was a kid, that motivates me and that I thought I’d be great at”. If something has been forwarded Henry Confidence and self-confidence this Thursday from the Movistar hotel in Copenhagen.
And above all, in a very difficult year for him, bad luck followed. He crashed at Tirreno-Adriatico and Itzulia while fighting for the podium, and also crashed at the Critérium del Dauphiné. “A fall that was more difficult than I initially thought, depriving me of a quality workout, but luckily it was completely overcome.”
Mas worked the descents with disc brakes faster than ever, more speed, more safety but also with some fears. And he did it with the help of a Catalan mountain bike expert, Oscar Saiz, and his personal psychologist. “I talk to the psychologist every day and I will do this during the Tour, because there are days when you wake up very happy and he advises you to reduce that enthusiasm, just as it encourages you if you haven’t slept well, it also upsets your stomach. it hurts or you fell.. I could take a notebook of the feelings I was going to experience for three weeks and write them down and a million things would come out”.
The tour begins this Friday with a time trial on the streets of a city called Copenhagen dedicated to racing. More With full confidence and readiness to target the Champs Elysées podium courtesy of Slovenia and with elements that provoke the cycling gods.
More He is a cyclist to follow. Spanish rider with general classification options. As the gas price drops, the attack is the expected climber. And above all the team that represents history is the leader of Movistar, because there is only one cycling team in the world that has competed in the last 40 Tours de France back-to-back. First Reynolds, then Banesto, and now the acronym for the telephone company.
hand in hand in 1983 José Miguel Echavarri and assisted by a young Eusebio Unzue, team principal took Reynolds on Tour today. Even typing the names of these pioneer runners gives you goosebumps; Among others, Ángel Arroyo, Pedro Delgado, José Luis Laguía, Julián Gorospe…
nine spanish
Today, only nine Spaniards are on the Tour, and five of them have arrived in Copenhagen wearing the blue ‘shirt’ of Movistar, helping a tall, thin boy who speaks Majorca and Spanish and lives in Andorra to make it through his hardships to date. Paris with bridges, cobblestones, hills, mountains and time trials along the way. And if you look at what he said and how he said it, it immediately follows. Henry He’s more confident than a year ago when he finishes the tour in fifth place, finishes second in the Vuelta, and is among the good guys and breathing the same every day whether you like it or not. oxygen, like Tadej Pogacar, sniffing your sweat and listening to their breath.
“I’m not going to start in the mountains because the fans want that from the couch. Also, I won’t be the first to attack. But if I’m here, it’s because I want to be on the podium. And one of the podiums is the one who wears yellow.” Plusthe expression of the cyclist who one day walked along the Tour and inherited the ‘kit’ that Óscar Pereiro wore when he won the France round against all odds in 2006.
if you look PlusIf you listen to him—who knew him and followed him since he was young—you’ll quickly see that at 27, he’s already a mature runner, not growing as fast as Tadej Pogacar, but someone who feels loved and respected in his field. set. And so, this is the first time this year and the absentees are unaccompanied. Alexander ValverdeHe goes to Grande Boucle as the sole leader of Movistar.
Exciting stages
“10 out of 10 for confidence and 10 out of 10 for form, I hope to last from here to Paris”. It takes seven runners to protect it, for example, to avoid strong winds on the 18-kilometer route over Denmark’s Great Belt bridge on Saturday, and any shocks on the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix next Wednesday. “It’s a scene he did three times because it’s going over the cobblestones that excites me, that I’ve seen since I was a kid, that motivates me and that I thought I’d be great at”. If something has been forwarded Henry Confidence and self-confidence this Thursday from the Movistar hotel in Copenhagen.
And above all, in a very difficult year for him, bad luck followed. He crashed at Tirreno-Adriatico and Itzulia while fighting for the podium, and also crashed at the Critérium del Dauphiné. “A fall that was more difficult than I initially thought, depriving me of a quality workout, but luckily it was completely overcome.”
Mas worked the descents with disc brakes faster than ever, more speed, more safety but also with some fears. And he did it with the help of a Catalan mountain bike expert, Oscar Saiz, and his personal psychologist. “I talk to the psychologist every day and I will do this during the Tour, because there are days when you wake up very happy and he advises you to reduce that enthusiasm, just as it encourages you if you haven’t slept well, it also upsets your stomach. it hurts or you fell.. I could take a notebook of the feelings I was going to experience for three weeks and write them down and a million things would come out”.
The tour begins this Friday with a time trial on the streets of a city called Copenhagen dedicated to racing. More With full confidence and readiness to target the Champs Elysées podium courtesy of Slovenia and with elements that provoke the cycling gods.