What we know today as Primaflor-Mondraker X Willow is now in its sixth season with this denomination and always with Gobik.
"We started with them and we're still here," he says with a smile. Fran Pérez, manager of the MTB team.He recalls that "when we started we were their first big structure, today we are one of the small ones".
In any case, the team maintains its name for 2022 and will continue to be the faithful ally of Gobik to maintain and improve its qualities, thanks to the competition and the extreme conditions that occur in it.
It's been a very good few years, you have to admit," Fran continues. We are now at the point we were aiming for when we started all this, that is, we have reached a point of stability and solidity that gives us confidence for what is to come. We have put together a top competition team, together with a very strong cadet and youth youth academy that is being renewed.”.
Primaflor had seven riders in 2021 and seven will continue in the year that starts in a few days.
Always with Gobik
"With Gobik we are from the very first moment. They bet on us in its early years, we can say that we both started together. Nothing to do with the presence that the brand has now everywhere. I think we were a good opportunity for them, we learned together and helped them to improve the product," says Fran.
"Now we are the little guys," he reiterates.
From minute zero of this relationship, feedback from the brokers has been the basis for everything.a syntony that arose from the race itself, with almost instantaneous opinions that implied substantial improvements in the product in a very short time.
The first year was not easy, there were things to polish, with so many sizes and so many designs," he said. jerseysbut Mariana was always there to put out all the fires," says the Primaflor manager.Mondraker.
“With us Gobik entered the MTB World Cup and when we started we were mainly a national team. Over time we have grown and now good bikers want to ride with us."Fran boasts and lists some of the team's achievements over the years: "The main one is to have gone from an eminently Latin block to an international one with an Anglo-Saxon accent at the request of one of the sponsors".
Rebecca McConnell's podium finish in Nove Mesto was the result of this progress.We are an international team with English as our internal language," she said.
Predilection for bib
As has happened to us with important stars of UAE Team Emirates, the Primaflor bikers Mondraker bikers value among the garments of Gobikthe evolution of their bib Absolutte: "Everyone praises the bib and many have told me it's the most comfortable they've ever worn".
With Gobikabout Mondrakerthe Primaflor faces a "complicated 2022, with World Cup trips to the United States, Brazil and Canada, which make the project more expensive". But Fran is optimistic: "We hope to repeat our results.
