Controversy of Giro d’Italia Next Gen, Giro d’Italia sub-23 The Belgian Jarno Vidar’s final victory, in addition to leaving us, is further proof of this Spanish cycling in good shape after Pablo Torres and Pau Martí finish second and third 52 and 58 seconds behind Vidar respectively, in one of the world’s toughest under-23 events.
A Vidar who consolidated his overall victory in the Giro Under-23 with the climb to the Pian della Musa on the third stage and the final climb to Fosse on the fifth day, where he beat Pablo Torres and Pau Martí, who repeated his place in the general classification. In this way, Jarno Vidar added his name to the Giro U23 track record alongside other legends such as Francesco Moser, Piotr Ugrumov, Maracco Pantani, Alexander Vlasov, Tom Pidcock and the Spanish Juan Ayuso.
In addition to Vidar, Spanish cycling has other great winners with a presence on the podium Pablo Torres and Pau Martí. Torres, 18 years old and from Madrid, left the San Sebastián de los Reyes Cycling Union. Torres achieved great racing performance with the Sans team in the 2023 season the Troféu Más de la Costa, where he managed to win, and a tour of the regions of the Murcia region, where he won overall, as well as the Vuelta al Besaya (eighth) and the Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duero, where he finished seventh overall. Performances that did not go unnoticed by Joxian Fernández ‘Matxín’, who did not hesitate to recruit him for the UAE subsidiary UAE Emirates Gen Z, which started this year. Since then Torres has replaced the development team with the UAE Emirates first team Participating in races such as the Challenge de Mallorca trophies, the Vuelta a Rwanda or more recently the Vuelta a Asturias, where he is already able to compete with the best despite his youth.
The other great Spanish revelation of the Giro d’Italia Under-23 is Pau Martí, 19 years old. The cyclist from Moixent (Valencia) was signed by the Israel Premier Tech Academy in 2023, the Israeli development team, and since his arrival he has shone in several one-day races, finishing in the top 10 at the Giro di Lombardia Under-23 or with his Third place in this year’s Ardennes Flèche. A progression that Martí hopes to maintain at the Israel Premier Tech Academy under the tutelage of former Spanish cyclist Rubén Plaza Trying to gain a foothold among the professionals in the near future.
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