Nobody likes Perico Delgado (63 years old) to study the start of the cycling season, study it and everything that can happen in this exercise, one of the most amazing memory.
This is the quick questionnaire answered by the Segovian cyclist, a professional from 1982 to 1994, double winner of the Vuelta (1985/1989) and of Tour de France (1988) which the Segovian cyclist answered after the press event of The Kern Pharma groupof which he is an ambassador, which took place recently in Barcelona and which MD did not miss.
Will Jonas Vingegaard win his third Tour de France this year?
Well, this year I think not, or at least I hope there will be a rivalry with Pogacar, Evenepoel and Roglic. I find it harder this year.
Do you see Remco Evenepoel on the Tour podium this year?
No, no, not this year.
Will Roglic join Vingegaard in the Tour de France?
I’m very much a Roglic fan, I don’t think so, but it’s going to make him have a hard time, for sure.
Do you think Enric Mas can make a podium at the Tour?
apparently not.
And Pogacar, can he beat Roglic and Vingergaard in the Tour?
Pogacar… this is the Pogacar Tour. I think he prepares better and is more meticulous than last year.
How do you see Pogacar doing the Giro and the Tour double?
I think it’s very good that he is doing a Giro-Tour double. He has also said that he might run the Vuelta, that seems too much to me, but double that… I think a young player can do it and win both
Where do you think Juan Ayuso will get his best results?
It could be a podium at the Vuelta, as he did two years ago
Will this be a good season for Spanish cycling?
I think we are still in transition. I think Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodríguez need to grow up a bit this year and maybe in 2025-26 it will be time to ask for the podiums that we Spaniards want in the grand tours.
Which two or three Spanish runners do we need to follow this year?
I think Carlos Rodríguez and Juan Ayuso are very young and have their following, but I think with what Igor Arrieta did he took another step, now in a World Tour structure. He’s a runner… especially since he’s so feisty, I think he is an interesting runner to follow
Do you think Nairo Quintana will surprise us this season?
I consider myself a follower of Nairo Quintana, but I think that all the last year is still standing, without competing, because of his age, I think he will take a heavy injury. I think, I don’t know, I haven’t talked to him either, he doesn’t have to enter the general classification of the grand tours and he has to win those stages, which he has the potential to reach. .
What moments from this season are you most excited about?
I like the moment of the podium in the grand tours, because you see in an image, in a few seconds everything that happened in the great race goes through your head. I like podiums
Source: La Verdad
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