Einer Rubio, the new Colombian generation

Colombian cycling is in a kind of limbo as far as the results of its stars are concerned. The future performance of its two greatest exponents is a mystery, with a Egan Bernal who tries to recover the rhythm of competition after the serious accident suffered a year and a Nairo Quintana that with the season already started continues without a team. The representative of the middle generation, Miguel Angel Lopez, he was forced into exile, in Team Medellín, for his alleged involvement in the ‘Maynar Case’.

But among so much uncertainty, new illusions arrive for a coffee fan eager for success. they are the NextGen represents Andres Camilo Ardila (23 years old), champion of the Giro sub-23 in 2019 who is now the UAE Team Emirates has loaned out to Burgos BH after some discreet first courses in the World Tour; Santiago Buitrago (23), a magnificent climber who last year won a high mountain stage in the Giro; Y Einer Rubio (24), one of the young Latin American pearls of the Movistar Team who started his season this week in the Vuelta a San Juan.

“I’ll try to make one. good race, although I think we are already doing it as a team, starting a 2023 with many illusions. We will try to finish off the job as it has to be”, the small climber (1.64 m and 56 kg) explained to AS at the San Juan Villicum Circuit about a general of the Argentine test for which he will try to fight this Friday at the decisive final in Alto del Colorado: “We will have to try it there. I have found myself with good sensations and I have prepared myself very well. It is a port that will be unknown, because it is not very hard. We’ll try it, that’s for sure.”

Einer Rubio attends to AS before a start of the Vuelta a San Juan 2023.

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Einer Rubio attends to AS before a start of the Vuelta a San Juan 2023.Maximiliano Blanco/Getty Images

One more year, and after leaving glimpses of its enormous quality in the high Italian mountains, the Pink Corsa will be the main objective of Einer. “These last few years at Movistar have been quite emotional, full of experiences. This year yes, without a doubt. I’m going to prepare the Giro. In fact, I’m already starting here in Argentina with the mentality set in the Giro. There we will try to get the best possible result”, assures the Colombian, who will also have opportunities to lead the telephone team in other races: “After San Juan I will do the National Championships. Then I will travel to Europe. I will have the opportunity to ride the UAE Tour and then we will see what races we can do to get to the Giro in good shape”.

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His dreams, like every self-respecting climber and vueltomaniac, go through the grand tours: “I would like to try to win a stage race, any of the big three. The Giro is special because I have lived in Italy for a few years and it is like my second home. It would be the most important to me. I know it is difficult, we will have to work a lot. The important thing is to try and not lose the desire, that he does not stay in the attempt ”. A path identical to that of Nairo, a benchmark for young Colombians like Einer who are now happy that he continues to be linked to cycling: “As a compatriot, he has been an exemplary runner and will continue to be so. We will try to imitate it, if possible to improve it. It was always a source of pride for us.” If a pinch of luck accompanies him, it is quite possible that he will debut his record in 2023. He has plenty of talent.

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