Miguel Ángel López is currently living intensely his days of preparation for what will be his 4th presentation at the Giro d'Italia. There, the native of Pesca, Boyacá has managed to be 3rd in 2018, 7th in 2019, while in 2020 he had to leave the competition.
These days the Colombian cyclist is preparing for Teide, Tenerife in Spain, as there are only a few weeks left until the start of the Corsa Rosa where he is expected to be among the best in the race. It is worth remembering that López is one of the most regular riders that the country has had when he managed to be among the top 10 riders in the general standings in the big laps.
This season, for example, he has managed to go through a smooth process by attending some Spanish races where he won the podium in the Vuelta Andalucía with third place, behind Wout Poels and Christian Rodríguez.
Then he would go to Strade Bianche where he left and then enlisted in the Tyrrhenian Adriatic where he finished in the 21st square, which helped him to gain more pace of competitions and measure himself against some rivals he will encounter in the Giro.
After his controversy with Team Movistar in Spain where he finally did not complete the contract time planned from the beginning, Miguel has sought to get away from media inconveniences through the statements he could give at that time and dedicated himself to being with his family while training and joining his team since 2015, Astana.
At least all the end of the year 2021 he did not want to appear in interviews, perhaps waiting for everything that concerned the problem they had with Movistar during the Vuelta España where not everything was going through difficulties, because there he won an important victory for Colombian cycling as it was the first cycling in the world in win at Alto del Gamoniteiru, an unprecedented climb in the Spanish round.
Now with a full mentality and new colors, as well as objectives, he spoke to ADN Cycling to confirm that he will be a father for the second time and that he expects his son to be born by mid-July or early August, as he told in the interview.
With another motivation to do things the best way, Miguel hopes to face riders of the caliber of Richard Carapaz from Ineos Grenadiers in 2019, tentatively won the title, tentatively against his compatriot Ivan Ramiro Sosa of Movistar who would be next to Alejandro Valverde.
There will also be, among others, the Portuguese Joao Almeida of the UAE Team Emirates, who in the last three years has been quite strong in stage competitions as he did in his first participation in the Giro d'Italia 2020 where he managed to have the maglia rosa for more than 12 days, which nominated him to win the title, although in the end The Tao Geoghegan Hart experience of the Ineos Grenadiers will be able to snatch any chance from other cyclists including the Portuguese.
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