enric mas (Artá, Baleares, 27 years old), will start the 2023 season with the motivation gained in the last races of 2022, with the victory in the Giro de Emilia against the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, and the most important goal defined in Tour de France Y Back to Spain.
“I will start the season with new illusions, I dream of starting the way I finished 2022. I have one hundred percent confidence and I hope that this year will be my assignment,” said the head of Movistar after the presentation of team in Madrid.
Now that Alejandro Valverde is not in the team, Mas will be the leader in the formation, and the Tour will be the reference, without forgetting the Vuelta, where he has finished second three times.
“It’s true that the Tour is the first goal, but above all I want to enjoy the bike. Last year I was absent for two months, but as soon as I got over the covid and was able to train, I started taking what allowed it’s up to me to finish the season well. That motivates me to continue on that line,” he said.
A plus of the illusion for the Balearic cyclist is the fact of the start of the Tour in Bilbao.
“Yes, it will be an aspect that especially motivates all the Spanish cyclists. I have been racing in the Basque Country since I was young and I am excited to leave Bilbao and the first stages on those roads.”
Mas saw the “very strong” team in the recent concentration in Alicante, including Valverde, “who keeps going around our eyes in training.”
Regarding the signings, Mas acknowledged “a great love” for the Colombian Fernando Gaviria, whom he knew from the time of the Quick Step, while he emphasized the youth of Iván Romeo, “who must learn little by little” and the ability to ascend from the Portuguese. Ruben Guerreiro.
Source: La Verdad
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