Starting point for the Millennium Titan Desert with the presentation of the GAES team
The Millennium Titan Desert began rolling this Thursday in Barcelona with the presentation of the GAES team that will compete in the demanding test that will be held from April 28 to May 4 in the Sahara Desert
Marc Coma, Roberto Heras, Virginia Berasategui and Josef Ajram are some of the members of the GAES team for one of the most demanding mountain bike races in the world.
Accompanied by the General Director of the hearing health company, Antonio Gassó, and the team's godmother, the Olympic synchronized swimming champion Gemma Mengual, the athletes valued their participation in the test and highlighted the human value of the group. “It gets quite long but I am a desert lover. I was presented with this opportunity to enjoy it in a different way than what I'm used to and I didn't think about it. Surely I am going to suffer a lot, but I will try to enjoy it at the same time,” commented Marc Coma, second place in the last Dakar last January.
Roberto Heras, winner of the race in 2008, 2010, and 2011, leads a team with a major challenge: to repeat last year's victory. "The body suffers much more on a mountain bike than on a road bike, in addition to the mental strain," noted the former professional cyclist, a three-time winner of the Vuelta a España.
Heras will be accompanied on this occasion by up to 45 members, among whom the actor Santi Millán stands out. “I am the confirmation that if you put your mind to it, anyone can do it, at least sign up… Antonio proposed it to me at the Selénica. There he got everything mixed up. I said yes because I didn't know what the Titan was and when I found out it was too late," the showman joked.
Finally, the 'ironman' Virginia Berasategui gave an example of the spirit of improvement of each member of the GAES team. “My terrain is the road, but I like challenges and I want to enjoy not only the sporting experience, but also the human one,” she said. And the challenge of the Milenio Titan Desert by GAES has already begun… and it promises to be exciting!
Source: sport.es
