Miguel Angel Lopez finally broke the silence about huge controversy that surrounded him this Saturday in the penultimate stage of Vuelta’2021, when he decided to withdraw from the race, disagreeing with the decisions of the Movistar team – this while he was fighting for the podium, or at least for the top five Spanish competitions. … In an interview with Cadena SER, the Colombian made a mistake, but recalled that cyclists are people, not cars.
“We are people, not motors. This is not a car racing. We are made of flesh and blood, and we have many factors that deprive us of something, ”the Colombian began with statements about the possibility of leaving. Lopez confirms that the sporting director tried to dissuade him, but this was impossible, although at this point he coldly believes that “not finishing the game” was a “mistake.” “I just want to apologize to my colleagues and fans.” “It was a difficult situation that needed to be resolved. There were no teammates with me. The only one who got hurt from behind was me, and obviously no one was going to help me. We know that it was difficult to fight Bahrain, which had three elements at the front. “They are hard to hit, they believe that if there are several things, they doubt and we have clearly lost the battle,” admitted the Colombian, who does not expect to know anything about the future, although he remembers that he had a contract with the Spanish team.
