This year, Jorge Prado will make a very special stop in the preseason on the way to his fourth participation in the MXGP World Championship. One of her, just naming her brings a smile to her face. Because the Galician will be able to fulfill a dream, to play a high-level motocross race at home, in his native Lugo, in front of his family. It will be on Sunday 26 of this month in the circuit that bears his name and hosts the second appointment of the National Motocross, a test that will “It’s very exciting” as he says in conversation with AS.
“It is in a circuit that we opened last year, which is in my city, and a motocross race of that level had not been held in recent years,” has illusion. He will arrive there after having spent four weeks training in Castellón, continuing to test in Sardinia and Belgium, and competing, as he usually does, in Arco di Trento. A very busy preparation to which he effortlessly adds this race that will fill him with energy with a view to the start of the World Cup in Argentina (March 12).
Up to 150 riders have signed up for the Galician event, including some of Prado’s rivals in MXGP, so the level of the competition is more than guaranteed to have a high-altitude debut, although for the 22-year-old from Lugo it is already special. only if it happens: “Everyone is doing their bit to make it a beautiful project, It will also be something very nice for the fans of Lugo, who can never see me live and now they will have the chance to do it five minutes from home”.
Protagonist in his own circuit
With his city dedicated to supporting him and running on a track that bears his name, Prado will appear at the start as the favorite, it could not be otherwise. But he wants to take that pressure off. “Possibly there are drivers who have rolled more than me there, because I only went to the opening. What will be a bit strange for me is competing in my city, because I have never done it”, he assures. Come out with the result that comes out, you will surely live a unique experience that will make your 2023 preseason the most special of all.