‘There are no friends’: Rigo peels back the copper and reveals the raw harshness of a race like the Giro d’Italia

The Antioquia cyclist meets his friends Mario Sabato and Juan Charry commenting on some stages of the Italy spin In the channel RCNthere he gives a few glimpses of his knowledge and tells anecdotes that no one knows in the world of cycling.

Rigo spoke of the electrifying rhythm that cyclists are giving to the Italy spin and revealed that it is higher than 15 years ago, when he started, with that level he would be “dead (at the end) of the races.”

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The Ef Education cyclist confessed that times are changing, cycling is evolving, the pace is more difficult in the peloton, and the level is higher. Compete against stars like Tadej Pogacar it’s a nightmare.

“The system is what leads one to change the way of training, because those 6.3 watts (which Esteban Chaves did in a Vuelta a Catalunya stage that he won) are no longer useful. If you don’t have 6.8, 6.9 or 7 watts (a unit of measurement of pedaling power through the relationship between force and speed) you are not worthy of being with the best. Now we go faster”, he noted in the middle of the broadcast.

And he added: ​“Now, in training, the same watts are used as in the race. The way of training has changed. If you go to other competitions before, you would waste your strength. Everything has changed, the issue of nutrition, data, bicycles, the way we run, everything.”

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Rigo He released one of his pearls and confessed that professional cycling is no longer enjoyed like in other times, everything is different and professionalism means that there are no friends in sport.

“One thing is clear, cycling is not enjoyed at a professional level now. It’s a barbaric thing, there are no friends, you don’t talk to anyone. It is a beautiful sport on the screen, but in the race the stress is complicated”, he stated in his talk.

In addition, he revealed an anecdote he had with his compatriot Egan Bernal in the past Tour of Romandie: “We talk and then bye, until the next day, there are no friends,” commented Rigo, alluding to the fact that nowadays, due to the great speed with which we run, there is no time for confusion.”

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