The UAE is one of the great cycling powers, it has in its ranks Pogacar, the dominator of the moment… and also, They have also landed this campaign in women’s cycling, being what was previously the Alé BTC Ljubljana. In said team, there was Mavi García, and she also continues in the new structure. Moreover, the status of the Balearic Islands has increased and is one of the benchmarks. “A large part of the runners, staff, mechanics… we remain. The contracts were already signed, and the arrival of the UAE was a bit ‘late’, without much time to spare. However, our conditions have improved.”tells the Balearic, 38 years old, for AS.
After a great 2021, in which he won three victories, he is in his full sporting maturity, and unlike many, Mavi came to cycling in her thirties, since it was in 2015 when she started competing in the Bizkaia-Durango. As a child she competed in figure skating, then she became one of the best duathletes in the country and, later, The jump to cycling arrived. A long road with a beginning that was not easy at all.
“I came to think if it was worth continuing in cycling”
mavi garcia
“I still remember how hard the beginnings were. I fell a lot and it was complicated. My idea was, despite being older, to learn in the peloton, but I came to think if it was worth it,” he confesses. And time rewarded his dedication. “Before, he attacked from afar and tried. Now they give me less margin, they watch me, but I like that attack cycling. I don’t like to be left with the feeling of knowing what could have happened. You have to die killing”adds the reigning Spanish champion, a title she has won three times on the road and another three timed.
“I consider myself a climber, and I have to improve in the time trial, because it shows when you make the jump to European races”, Explain. He will go to the Tour de France (July 24 to 31) as a trick for the UAE. “It’s my big goal this season,” he confesses. The men’s Tour ends on the 24th, just as the women’s starts. Pogacar-Mavi double in a week? “Just thinking about it… it would be a dream”. We will see.