"All good, looking forward to return some normality to our lives" he admits at the outset. David Valero to our polite question.
He says from his native Bazawhere he lives and trains with the objective of returning to the Olympic Games. He does it by Sierra de Baza, also by Filares, taking point to a state of form that "is good. After a campaign as atypical as last year's, fortunately we are not suffering the restrictions of then".
David's preseason is on the right track, a preseason that is the first in the BH Templo Cafés-UCC.the team directed by Carlos Coloma We want challenges, new things -admits David Valero-. I have been so comfortable for so many years in MMR that I will always be grateful, but I needed a change of scenery and the company of Carlos, Pablo and Rocío is perfect".
In fact, the Riojan biker's team is clearly aspiring to place a large number of its members in the Spanish squad for the Olympic Games: "That's the idea I'm working with. I already know what the Games are like and I want to repeat. I've been in the top ten in the world since 2015 and that's a great endorsement.”.
Optimistic about the Olympic Games
He only works with the idea that the Games will be held, the best way to set a goal and with it the phases of his form and work. I don't think they will postpone them again," confesses David Valero, "I hope so. It would be very sad if they were not held".
At 32 years old, he would repeat the experience of Rio de Janeiro, where he was ninth, a result to which he clings to continue progressing. "Sincerely - he continues - I think I have a good chance of going, I know the event and what surrounds it, the Games are something else, a race in which we all look at and the level is tremendous. If normally you have to be at 100%, here 200% is demanded. We are talking about an event every four years, not like others, and that makes it special and so desired. The demand is enormous, the mentalization is key, but also the motivation, although this comes just by mentioning the Olympiad".
If I couldn't be in TokyoIf she could not be in Tokyo, age would not be a problem to think that her last train has passed. In fact Paris would catch him at the age of 35age at which "with the current trainings, so thought to lengthen the trajectories, it would be possible to shine also in 2024”.
In the dynamics of the team
David Valero already wears Gobik y the clothes of the BH Templo Cafés-UCCI've known the brand for a long time. In my area - Baza - it is very widespread, it is used by many clubs and friends". He has always perceived it as colorful and elegant, but "I was surprised by the level of quality it offers, it responds well in the most demanding training sessions". Now he wants to push it to the limit in races.
His program until the Olympic Games is clear.He knows that the places will be played at the World Cups.. He knows his rivals for those two places and goes all out. "I am optimistic," he repeats repeatedly.
That's the attitude, his years at MMR have paid off with sustained growth, as we said, since 2015. "I have great memories of several moments of my last years. In 2016 I participated in the Rio Gamesbut the following year I managed to great results with podium finishes in the World Cup y finishing in the top ten worldwide. The following year I won bronze at the European Championships".
It is clear that David Valero knows the road to success, and now, as for thousands of athletes around the world, it resides in a place in Tokyo, a mountain bike circuit in which the best in the world, among which he is already, put all their illusions.
TextsThe Notebook ofJoan Follower
Photos: David Acedo
