The Sunday that closed the month of July 2022 will go down in the history of Gobik as one of the most successful and unique days in the history of the brand, with two iconic triumphs: the one of David Valero in the MTB World Cup and that of Juan Ayuso at the Getxo Circuit.
David Valero's American conquest
Little more than a year has passed since his bronze medal at the Olympic Games and David Valero is back in the headlines. The biker of the BH Templo Café UCC finished completely unrecognizable in the queen race of the World Cup which was run in Snowshoein West Virginia (United States).
Roots, mud and rocks complicated a crazy competition in which David Valero got the best out of himself, to win a historic triumph in Spanish mountain bikingIt had not happened for more than ten years, with José Antonio Hermida. In a test of survival, the rider from Baza (Granada, Spain) gave the blow past the halfway point of the lap, in the leading group, to go alone to a finish line that he crossed completely covered in mud.
Buah," he says. incredible victoryIt's the most for us, it's the World Cup. It was all after a very crazy race on a real muddy track. For David Valero, the very hard conditions only benefited him: "It was a race that was long, fighting from start to finish, and that was in my favor.”.
His success is the most important of his professional careerThat's winning a World Cup, it's the top, the most, and I'm telling you that even after winning a medal at the Olympic Games. For a team like ours, it's very important.
Juan Ayuso's great leap
Although the statistics say that Juan Ayuso had already opened his professional locker, no one is unaware that a triumph in the World Cup is a big step forward. historic Getxo Circuitone of the Spanish classics that has stood the test of time in good health, is a great achievement for the young cyclist.
Juan Ayuso's triumph was a mixture of the personal conviction of a rider who, despite his youth, goes all out, and the support of the team, a UAE Team Emirates with heavyweights like Rui Costa, George Bennett and Jan Polanc.
"I must thank the team who believed in me and helped me. I couldn't go for the breakaway on the penultimate climb because of a puncture, but as soon as I regained position, I tried and it went well," said Juan Ayuso, recalling the comeback he would practice on the two escapees, bringing out genius and quality to cut the 40 seconds they had taken from him in a short stretch when he counterattacked about 16 kilometers from the finish line.
Ayuso caught Andrea Piccolo and Wilco Kelderman, and despite receiving another guest in the breakaway, Frenchman Valentin Ferron, "I gave everything at the end to get the victory, my first professional victory. I can't be happier”.
Ayuso's final sprint was brutal, an image of hunger and nonconformism on the road that defines a cyclist for whom there are great expectations: the icing on the cake for a historic Sunday in Gobik.
