The Costa Rican Andrey Amador (San Ramón de Alajuela, 38 years old), 15 year professional on route, 11 of them in the Movistar structure, is One of the attractions in the 24th edition of the Ibiza MTB Siroko’s tour edition of Shimano played this weekend.
In an interview with EFE, retired cycling ‘tico’ confirmed that BTT was not competing This is his great “frustration”But on the route he lived his best year on the Spanish squad, where he joined Alexander Valverde, who qualified as “teacher.”
Amador came to Ibiza full of his bike after a two -day journey, but full of illusion, because he could live his desire for BTT: first, in Ibiza, and then to Titanium desert de moroccoAt the beginning of May.
“When I retired in 2024 I said that I will not climb a cycling plane. That was one of the things that made me more tired: had to leave and stay away from the family; But then you realize that cycling is your desire, and eventually you sign up for these things, “he said.
Amador is the youngest of three children of an unusual marriage: his mother, Raisa BikkazakovaHe is Russian and his father, Rodolfo Amadoris the Costa Rican of Spanish origin. Andrey’s parents’ grandmother was Galician, but at the age of 15 her family moved to Costa Rica, as Spain lived in the Civil War (1936-1939).
In 2008 he arrived in Spain and an offer from Navarro Lizarte’s amateur team, of the deceased today Manolo Azcona, He has changed his life forever. “What I liked was the mountain bicycle, and I was better than cycling on the road. The unknown BTT was like a frustrated dream. I started to take a route to train mountain competitions, so I showed the opportunity to come to Spain,” said one who eventually became a winner of the stage in Italy in 2012 and ‘Magalia’ Rosa a day in 2016.
“Manolo Azcona and Movistar opened the doors”
In his professional years, Costa Rican’s house is Movistar, the first two years called Caisse d’Pargnedirected by Eusebio Unzué.
“I can be grateful to life. They are the ones, with Manuel Azcona, gave me all the opportunities. A good team, a team. The truth is nothing but thank you. In 2019 I decided to look away and go to heaven, then ineos. Some thought I just went for money, but it was the opposite because I couldn’t make money anymore. I was attracted to learning a language and in a structure that always caught my attention, “he said.
Amador acknowledged that his “second home -” was Spain “for the welcome” they gave him both in the country of Basque and the Navarra, where he acknowledged that he had a “second family.”
“Valverde is a teacher”
Costa Rican is in line Alejandro Valverde In return to Ibiza starting this Friday. During his long stay at Movistar, he was a Murcian partner, current national coach.
“What can we say about Alexander? He is the first and most important an incredible partner and a great person. I learned a lot from her, she was a teacher, the most professional person I saw. I know how to be in all places, on the table, in the career, I don’t blame you anything, for me a human love, “he said.
At the new ‘El Bala’ appointment, the Central American is not hesitant to confirm that it is a “Grand Prix for him.”
“In addition to Spain it is a great luck to bless it with the national team. I saw that there were some different voices, but he continued to feel the cyclist, And you can go to a circuit, in the World Cup for example, and try it. It is not the same way to travel to the car than the bike, and he will recognize it with experience and can give his first hand his opinion. That can contribute a lot to the runners, “he said.
A Dream: Develop equipment and promote cycling in your country
In Costa Rica, “more and more cycling is breathing, and there is more sport culture,” explained Amador, acknowledging that “football only came to life”, but “little by little people are looking for successors such as cycling or athlete” and their country “there is a huge wave with this sport.”
‘Tico’ recounts that there are young people who have a mentally running in Europe, something “not easy”, because, “it’s not just going and having a quota guaranteed to professionals.”
That’s why, Amador feels as an obligation “Back to Costa Rica cycling” He provided “in his support”, so he had a project, seeking the support of public institutions, to establish the “competitive career” of two days, because “part” of what, in his opinion, requires the sport of two wheels in his country.
The Movistar Exciclist looks like a career advocate and “the cheapest coach in the world”, because he practices 2 or 3 small, without charging, all for simple desire.
“Cycling moves me through desire,” he summarized.
His dream is to create and strengthen the career that brings the name of Federico Ramirez, a Costa Rican excorrer of humble origin, a farmer who has no chance to travel abroad to run.
“I am someone who can live with the right thing, with my family, I have daughters and now I want to go back to cycling what gave me,” he said, as he dreamed of “having a velodrome” in Costa Rica so that the young people of their country could compete regardless of the impact of the heavy rainfall.
Source: La Verdad
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