He Menorca Albert Torresfourth in the omnium event, was just 4 seconds away from the bronze medal and one step away from fulfilling a dream, but ended up “happy because we gave it our all and had a great competition.”
“I had the medal very close, in the end I have to settle for the diploma, I think that with time I will give it more value. Personally I am satisfied for having given everything, I have raced aggressively, and for having a good that competition “Torres said at the end of the test.
Torres (Ciutadella, 34 years old)make competition from less to more. After the third test, the elimination was eighth, but in terms of points he risked everything until he was on the verge of the podium.
“I know that the mark is my test. If I have the legs and the race will be difficult, it is a matter of making a good reading and waiting for the moment. In the end there was chaos until the last laps , if I was I would have turned away from the podium, very little is missing.”
“The sensations were great, that’s for sure, because otherwise I wouldn’t have fought for the medals. Thomas had the gold, but then we were 3rd. The only one interested in turning around was me and I was pushing as hard as I could. It’s true that I’ve reached the limit because the race is over and I’ve spent a lot,” he explained.
Now, with good feelings, Albert Torres He now dreams of getting a medal next Saturday in Madison with Sebastián Mora.
“The objective is to try to fight for the medals, it is an event that we are good at, we are excited, we are united and, above all, seeing a little of the career I have had here, I have the peace of The mind and the confidence that Mora and I are doing well, who I saw training in Mallorca the last two weeks, I know he is also doing well,” he explained.
There is one cartridge left to fulfill a dream like an escapee because of a simple detail on the stage of San Quentin in Yvelynes where the Spanish were proclaimed European champions.
“There are 2 days left before Madison, but above all I will leave with a clear conscience. I lacked 4 points, which in an omnium is not enough, but in the end the result is the sum of the small details , and that detail was that in the elimination they took me out very early,” he concluded.
Albert Torres He was Madison World Champion in 2014, 5-time European Champion and has 7 World Cup medals. At the London Games he was sixth in the teams and in Tokyo sixth in the madison and tenth in the omnium.
Source: La Verdad
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