Nairo gives another slap to the traitors of Movistar

Last year the Spaniards from Movistar treated Naira like a runner of the lot, as if he had not given them anything, not a Giro, not a Tour, not three podiums in the Tour. They treated him like a sweat, underestimating him because of his skin color. That’s why he got tired and left what was considered the best team in the world. He was not afraid of it and went to a team that was not even considered a World Tour team, the Arkea.

And the bet is working for him. He was fourth in the stage while no rider from Eusebio Unzué’s was among the top 10, losing, just in the fourth stage, any podium option on the Tour. What the Movistar coach said before the competition does not correspond to the ambitions of a team like Movistar: we are going to learn, for boys like Marc Soler and Enric Más to grow up. But beware, Mas is already 25, Soler 26, they are much older than Podgacar or Bernal, they should already be a reality. And that of Alejandro Valverde, Nairo’s traitor, is even more regrettable, out of shape, disappeared. He reached 12 seconds on a stage that suited his conditions well. Mas was the best of his runners but he also did not arrive in the main group

You can see that the emotional injection that Nairo gave the Spaniards of Movistar was reflected far beyond their won stages, of all the yellow shirts he got, his work was reflected in the mood that a team can have when it has a world-class leader and that’s what Nairo is, an absolute idol.

Be careful with Roglic, in the fourth stage he showed that he is by far the strongest of all. Egan looks below his level and barely resisted in a finish that does not suit his conditions as a long-winded climber so well. Comforting to have four national riders in the top 10, but at this level it is going to be tough to beat an unbeatable Roglic. Meanwhile, no Movistar rider is among the top 15. Will Unzué ever make a public apology to Nairo?