Cycling is from the brave and Pau Miquel (Sant Quirze del Vallès, 20/VIII/2000) is a lot because he wants to rub shoulders with the great squad sprinters. Rare Avis, who follows in the footsteps of àngel Edo and Miquel Poblet. Of course, in this volta it has had more legs than luck. He has only been able to fight for the stage in Figueres. The first day he stayed in the last repect before Sant Feliu de Guíxols and yesterday, after getting in the good fan, a puncture separated him from the sprint of Amposta.
In the last return to Spain he made five Top-5, although one day they disqualified him. Has that changed your way of running?
The return was a turning point in terms of trust. It was the career in which all the work came out. I personally know that I could be fighting for victories but I really proved it. Now I have to continue taking steps forward and continue working the same or more than in the last return to Spain. I’m going to try it until the day everything goes well and gets winning.
But now he feels more pressure at Kern Pharma?
On the contrary, I love the pressure. It is something that I have always lived since I dedicate myself to cycling. He took it well, I like it.
The harem falls in love, for its environment, its history and the way it runs ”
Is it one of those who ask the team to prepare the arrival?
In the end it helps a lot for the team to place you at the arrivals. But whether you go alone or go with colleagues what it is about is to cross the line the first and all of us who sprint us. So taking the position is a war that is difficult to win. I try to enjoy.
Does the Astérix village feel a bit when it gets into an arrival with some sprinters, which are more corpulent?
I am not a pure sprinter. Already just because of the weight I do not enter the sprinter category. That is why I need to wear before and climb in which sprinters suffer more than me. In an arrival with fatigue, the forces are equalized. This is what happened in the Tour of Spain. That’s when I can get it and try it.
Can you get rid of? What percentage is of placement, power and how much of intuition?
A training base must have, because you have to have strength in the muscle to reach a minimum of watts. But I am increasingly convinced to be born with the ability to disconnect everything and get at full speed. If you touch the brake you are out, discarded. I would not say it is genetic but I am clear that intuition is key in the sprint.
We all want to cross the goal first. If you touch the brake, you are out “
How has it prepared for this spring?
I spent a month in height, training in Andorra. It is no secret that today the height is basic. You have to control fatigue and make sessions designed in the stages that will come, in the Volta and the Itzulia later [empieza el próximo 7 de abril]. I’m going to get both races and that gets hard.
And then the classics?
When I finish I will go to the calendar that I like the most, which are the Belgian and French classics. There the goal will be to get good places to give us UCI points.
Where does the fans come from?
It is a bug that is taking over time. You see that it is the type of races you enjoy. But not only those abroad, but also the Miguel Indurain or Ordizia Grand Prix. I can give my maximum performance there.
Back to Spain? We already did everything that can be done by giving the show we gave “
How do you manage to dominate those races?
More than advice what is needed is experience. Run to take the trick or pattern to the races, because it is often repeated.
What is your favorite? Cobblestones or walls?
The liege-rabagne-lieja fell in love. I have run it twice. In the first one I was 21 years old [acabó 62.º] And the atmosphere that there is, the story it has and the way it runs, in addition to the tour. Also the valley arrow. In 2024 we did not do them. Let’s see if we can come back.
Speaking of returning, isn’t it a bit unfair that after the incredible return to Spain they made, winning three stages, do not know if this year they invite them?
We cannot do anything. They are the rules. We already did everything we can, giving the show we gave. Little more can be said.
The queen stage runs out of Pradell
The wind forces to change the plans of the Volta in its reigning stage by the Berguedà, trimmed at 118.6 km. The organization, following the Ventcat program, suppresses as a precaution the fearsome port of Pradell, whose top is 1,700 meters high.
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