The emotion, desire and nervousness typical of a good day can be felt in Skoda Autocenter in Barcelona on Vía Ausgustavenue this Tuesday for the presentation of Titan Desert Morocco 2023. A test that will be held from April 30 to May 5 and delivers many incentives to continue making history and continue to be the benchmark in the queen of the mountain bike calendar.
To this end, this year will be an “unpublished Titan, where 80% of the kilometers will be on new tracks that have not been traveled before. We will be able to present a very new Titan. It will be a Titan to remember .”, acknowledged Manu Tajada, technical director of the test.
What if it becomes stricter? they asked manu tajadaand he, the wolf of the desert, answered wisely that “toughness is always relative. It is not easy. There are two very long stages and we have to win the finisher’s jersey. This will be an edition where we have given him of great value to the navigation and GPS sections and the fact that 80% of the route has not yet been built will increase equality at the level of the sport”.
Nearby he was listening carefully. Miguel Indurain. The five-time winner of Tour de Francewho has already played one Titan Almeriabut where the conditions of the land and the scenery will be very different, he will enter the Moroccan desert for the first time, with the intention of going from less to more and living a unique experience.
“I hope to step on a little sand,” said Indurain, who will run in the ranks of Kosner-Saltoki Home, and he recognized that MTB was still somewhat alien to him. “I did a few kilometers of mountain biking, I enjoy the road more. I joined, and I had to train for Titan, but I didn’t succeed, it was too cold in Pamplona“.
Despite being competitive, ‘Miguelon’ admitted that he doesn’t consider Titan competition. “I will not win, but I hope to always fight. You always have the spirit of competition there. It will be difficult. It is a medium that I do not master and the first days will see them coming”.
A test on Morocco which is currently not planned to be repeated in future editions. “I don’t expect this year to be the first of many Titans. I hope to fulfill a dream and it ends there. I can take riding a bike, but I no longer have the body to sleep in haimas, but they convinced me. and I was present this year in the Titan Desert with the team (Kosner-Saltoki Home).
Source: La Verdad
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