In addition to the current champion of The female returnis also one of the most beloved corridors in the platoon. For the Spanish fans, which asks for photos and autographs constantly, and for that of the whole world. Before starting to chat with Asa French fan (nationality of his team, the FDJ-Suez) approaches Demi full ring to give him a miniature figure of a cyclist. Like anyone who approaches, attends with love and even returns the gift with a signed drum. After that, and while it makes knee to face 132 kilometers between Barbastro y Huescatalk with this newspaper about your season, With the white road Como Principal Triunfoits aspirations and the growth of female cycling, very clear in these first days of competition.
How do you feel after the initial seasonal section?
I feel good behind the spring classics. Now, I am very motivated to start here the big laps with this team, I really want.
In these first races he has achieved very good results, but victory has escaped on several occasions (3rd in Omarop, 4th in Milan-San Remo, 2nd in Vallea and 3rd arrow in Lieja-Bastña-Lieja). Is it increasingly difficult to win in female cycling? Without being selfish … Is it good?
Yes, I agree with both. I think the level is rising and rising, so the range of candidates is broader in each race. Today, there are many girls with the ability to win, and also the teams are increasingly strong. That obviously makes it more complicated to win many races in the same season. This year, for example, the victories are very distributed.
In male cycling, there are several runners that everyone identifies as the great references. There is even talk about Big Six. Do you need something similar in female cycling to give another push?
Yes, in female cycling we are still in that process. And it is necessary, because only a cyclist is not enough. You have to build your own brand to know a little more and so that more and more girls dare to run.
Last year, could not win the tour for only four seconds. On the return of 2023, he lived something similar, when Annemiek Van Vleuten beat him for nine. What have you learned from those situations? How did you mentally manage them?
It is what it is, you have to think like that. On both occasions, I could not do anything else. Once it happens, all you can do is try to control what you can control from that moment. I was very close, yes, there were very few seconds, but I know I did everything I could at that time. When so, there is nothing to regret.
Now, he has the opportunity to compensate for the return, in which Crown defends. I imagine what you want to repeat.
Yes of course. I hope to have good legs in the stages in which I need to have them. I am sure that with my strong companions we can get a good result here. It is what we are looking for.
He has won a lot in Spain. Valencia, Burgos, Itzulia … What do these roads have to be so good?
They have many mountains. And I like the mountains (laughs). I think it is very good to have slope stages. I enjoy them.
Is the double round and tour this year, this year?
That would be great, but I’m not thinking so much about those things. I just want to win many races and that is why I came to this team, because I think I can win a lot here. I know they can support me where I need it.
And, in the future, he imagines emulating Van Vleuten’s triplet (turn, tour and return)?
Hopefully. This year I don’t run the turn, but maybe look for it in the future.
He talked about the reasons for his arrival to FDJ-Suez. After four years at the SD-Worx, His movement was a bombing. Because?
As I said, I think they can support me a lot in great races. It is a team with a lot of quality and, in addition, with a good mentality. I feel that it is also a bit more advanced in female cycling in general (The FDJ-Suez bus, after Vollering while talking, is one of what stands out among the teams for their deployment and, in addition, you breathe very good atmosphere, with a very young work team). They do something different here and I appreciate it very much. That is something that I liked a lot about this team.
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