David Valero: “The Olympic medal has changed my way of running”

MADRID, 25 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Spanish cyclist David Valero acknowledges that the bronze medal he won last year at the Tokyo Olympics “has changed” how he approaches racing, giving him “a little more peace of mind” instead of “that agony and those nerves” that It implies a great race like the Mountain Bike World Championship that the French town of Les Gets disputes this Sunday.

“As a runner you always want to do well, but I think the medal has changed my way of running, that agony, those previous nerves, maybe it gives me a little more peace of mind, I save energy that I used to spend on results and It has been a bit of a success of this great season”, declared the man from Granada to the official media of the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation.

The one from Baza assures that he arrives at the World Cup “with great enthusiasm” in what was “the objective” of this year before having achieved “victory” in the World Cup and the podiums this season. “I’ve had a bit of a break after this American tour and we’ve even ruled out the European to be able to plan this World Cup a little better and I’m happy with the form,” he said.

Valero believes that the weather will be very important in the test. “If it rains right now it will depend on the amount of water, if it is acceptable the conditions would be much better than it is right now when it is dry, there are some roots that would slip a little more, but the condition would be acceptable,” he explained.


The medalist in Tokyo 2020 recalls that last year at the World Championship they ran “in mud” because “an incredible deluge fell” and “it was a circuit of running a lot on foot”, while this edition is held on a track that like. “It is a circuit in which I have already raced other times, hard, fighting and that suits me quite well, but due to these results I come with the motivation through the clouds and the desire to have a good race. In the ‘Team Relay’ I I’ve seen well and I’m looking forward to Sunday”, he highlighted.

“We come for all, with great enthusiasm, with a lot of desire and above all calm and to give everything for everything. The work is done to put it on paper”, concluded David Valero, who has never won a medal in a test of these characteristics .