Daniel Martínez’s keys to being the ‘best of humans’ in the Giro d’Italia, analysis

This Sunday ends the first part of the Tour of Italy and Colombia You can be excited about an excellent performance by your riders.

Great race

What Martínez has done is not surprising, because we know what he is capable of.

He won Criterium Dauphine in 2020 and he was already fifth in the 2021 Giro, so he has capabilities, but he has had to play “with the ugliest” after falls and illnesses.

“I previously announced that I was talking about climbing people and that they could be the biggest beneficiaries and we have to value the work they do. It shows me that Daniel is solid this time and Bora has a great team,” he told WEATHER Joseba Belokithird in the Tour de France din 2002, 2001 and second in 2002.

And he added: “Mentally, what he has done strengthens him. He gives you a note. It always happens in the first week that you may think that you are doing a good job, but like in school, you study a lot, you have the subject under control and you arrive at the exam and nothing. From now on you must be attentive. The Giro is the most complete of the big three and it is difficult to make a prediction. You must not let the train pass. We have already seen who is doing well and Martínez is one of them.”

Just the podium?

The time trial last Friday in which he was eighth and then rose to second place overall was sensational, as he surpassed Geraint Thomas.

“He surprised me in the time trial, he was excellent. “I have seen him hit a blow in the first week and that is good, but it is clear that he is going to compete in a good Giro,” said Max Sciandri, coach of Movistar.

Valerio Tebaldi He is an Italian coach who had Martínez in the Team Colombia. “What he has done is not strange. He had not established himself, he has not been continuous, but it seems that at Bora he has done it. It is seen that in this Giro he can do well and I see him on the podium,” Tebaldi said.

From now on what you should do is be aware of the movements of your rivals and, why not, a failure by Pogacar.

“Anyone has a bad day, even Pogacar and Daniel himself. The Giro is long, there is still a long way to go, but in the Colombian’s favor is that he is already at an age that gives him experience and that is useful for him, everything he has learned must be put into practice,” Tebaldi stated.