Ok Alberto, where is your favourite place for training?
I can't say one place
Because, the important thing for me is change.
So, for part of the year
you want one place, maybe for the weather
other times you want long climbs
and maybe my favourite place to train the mountains of Madrid.
... Bola del Mundo...
I train there since I was 15 years old.
I know the times, the records.
Hey, are you on Strava?
No.
Let me say one thing...
This year, we were riding in the mountains before the Tour
with my friends
and he had started the climb before me
I caught him, gave him my computer for Strava...
and now he has the new record!
Faster than they rode it in the Vuelta a España!
Brilliant!
I mean, you've won the Giro, the Vuelta, the Tour.
Alberto, what is your favourite race?
Ah, it's a difficult question
Think, for example, the Giro d'Italia for me is special
Because, it's in Italy, but, when, I'm here, I have the feeling that I'm an Italian rider.
Almost at home?
The support is incredible
The Tour, maybe it's the race that you don't enjoy that much
Why? Because everyone is under a lot of pressure.
Note only the leaders: the directeur sportifs, the other team riders as everyone is fighting for their place
And because of that, for me, it's not the best race.
The Vuelta of course, is my home race, the race of my country, with all my people.
A lot of places where I have trained in the past
and then, I can say that maybe, the Giro and the Vuelta are the races that you can enjoy more.
The Tour de France is more... 'work'
It's more work
Like me working now?!
I'm working also hey?
300 watts!
How many more years for Alberto? Because last year, you had your injury
but the condition you had in the Tirreno and the Vuelta was the best condition of your career?
How much longer do you want to ride as a professional?
It's not easy.
I want to finish at the top
My performance ... you can't exactly say this year or the next year
At the moment I'm enjoying riding my bike
But, I don't know, seeing that maybe I will continue one year more.
I don't know...
But only when I say in some interviews Isay that I'll finish in one or two years
A lot of fans, people on social media say please don't finish
They want you to stay because of the way your ride with passion you are aggressive and that's what they love