Daniel Martínez has just finished on the podium in País-Nice, the third in 2022, after the time trial title in the cycling nationals and third place in the Tour of the Algarve.
Martínez spoke at a Colombian media press conference in which EL TIEMPO was present, He clarified the version that there is that he will leave the Ineos team, analyzed what his career was like in France and talked about his options in the next Tour.
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Not being a leader on the Tour. It is a responsible decision. Adam Yates is a great racer, he has experience. The goal for him and the team is to try to win the Tour. I’m here, for what the team says. If I have to help him, I do it, if I have to lead, the same. The idea is to put Ineos at the top of the podium. I don’t have the Vuelta a España on the calendar. The focus is the Tour.
From Ineos to Bora. They are rumors. I feel good here and I focus on what will be this season.
Analysis of the Paris-Nice. Jumbo is a great team and we wanted to surprise. The idea is to have left Primoz Roglic alone, to isolate him from his teammates, but Wout van Aert was strong and we had to take advantage of him on the climb. I got punctured, but Yates attacks and manages to get seconds. The two Slovenians are very strong, now all the work is done to beat them.
Egan Bernal. The team has been with him from the first moment. The idea is that the specialists surround him. He is a warrior, he has a sensational mentality. Seeing him like this is motivating. We hardly talk to him, and we know what our coach is like, because he is the same. It is better to leave it alone.
Changes in the structures. After Egan’s accident, several things were analyzed. Let’s say that the options were opened, but the team that we took to the Giro with Richard Carapaz like the one from the Tour is strong, because the mentality is to try to win the big three. Let’s hope that Carapaz arrives well at the Giro and we at the Tour.
Tour experience. It is a demanding race. You have to be 21 days ahead. I already know what it is to run it. I don’t know how it will develop, but we will have strong riders. They give us confidence and we have to respond to that. There can be no oversights. It is best to bring two or three cards to this class of races.
Personal goals on the Tour. We have started the year well. We go to the Basque Country, then the Ardennes classics, With the idea of getting to the Tour in the best shape, it is the illusion, because every cyclist wants to appear there.
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Beat Roglic. He is a cyclist who, if he is not the one, is the two in the world. Being with him on the climbs, fighting the competition with him fills me with hope. Details are missing to be closer to him. We tried in the mountain stage and the forces were even.
His improvement in the high mountains. We have trained quite well. In the mountains and in the time trial. We have done specific work from above and in the chrono. We hope to improve much more in the face of what is to come.
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