Motorcycles were always present in my life. I remember that my parents took me to all kinds of events of the respective modalities of motorcycling, whether it was speed, enduro, motocross, dirt track (etc) and of course: trial. Trial was the one I was most passionate about Because I thought it was a modality that everything looks pretty, it’s not as aggressive as motocross and enduro, and I saw Laia Sanz, which interested me a lot because in the rest of the competitions I hadn’t seen a girl competing.
I have inherited my passion for motorcycles, above all, from my father, who was always involved in the world of motorcycles and together with my mother they had already organized some rallies and competitions. Following this hobby he bought a pampera (gasgas) and had never tried a trial bike until he decided to buy one for my mother so that she could go with him; Although in truth, when I saw her, it didn’t last long for my mother and a few months after I had been training with her, My father got me a license so that I could accompany him with the motorcycle, so they called me from the Galician Federation to participate in a test, maybe if they hadn’t called me, I wouldn’t have dared to compete, all this happened when I was 13 years old.
TRIALWORLD: Tell us about your plans for the 2011 season.
Well, for 2011 what I hope is to compete in the Galician category in the junior category and in the Spanish in the absolute women’s category at the end of the season, not necessarily to be on the podium but simply to improve myself and feel proud of myself because I have just come out of a right shoulder operation that makes it impossible for me to take the bike for several long months.
TW: How do you organize yourself to reconcile training and studies?
To make training compatible with studies, what I do is keep a schedule during the week and dedicate the weekends to training. Keep everything organized and don’t waste a minute of my time. I try to study concentrated, and pass all of them if possible by getting good grades, otherwise they take away my bike and it can’t be!
TW: Tell us what your training is like during a normal week of class and what it’s like in another week when there’s a race on the weekend.
My workouts during the week are usually in a gym or I just take advantage of a moment in the afternoon to go for a run for half or three quarters of an hour, because I can’t go to the mountains by myself in case something happens to me and my parents’ jobs during the week usually don’t allow them to go up with me to train in the mountains. That’s why I take advantage of the weekends to train with the bike at full throttle. When there are tests on the weekends, I take them as just another training session and try to have as much fun as possible and learn from the rest of the people.
TW: Is it necessary to complement motorcycle training with physical preparation or is it not so important at your age?
Physical training is very necessary to ride a trial bike because it is an anaerobic effort (your heart rate rises a lot) that needs to have a strong heart and that you can hold on with the bike throughout the race. The more you level up, the more physical you need and that is noticeable as you improve and you go up larger steps or you do more complex and complicated areas. Lifting a motorcycle is not only about gas and up, it is necessary to combine the strength of your body with the bike to be able to leave the area and not collapse after two stones.
TW: Where do you think is the key and the difference between a young guy who starts doing trials to have fun and another who wants to be a professional?
At the moment when fun begins to be combined with competition and self-demand of oneself and the commitment to which one is willing to engage; When that hobby goes from being just a hobby to becoming a job, a way of life, that’s when you’ll really dedicate yourself to trial as a professional.
TW: What do you like most about racing?
What I like most about racing is the people I know and who share the same hobby with me, that’s the best thing about it, making friends and having fun in all the races thanks to that. And it’s also clear that in competitions I like to go out confident and surpass myself, come out of them proud and happy with everything I did.
TW: Anything that doesn’t convince you?
Something that doesn’t convince me is the new open free regulations, for beginners it would be perfect, but for the trial elite (Toni Bou, Adam Raga, Albert Cabestany…) because it doesn’t seem rational to me that they have to go through all the arrows and that if they forget one they can risk their position in a huge way at the end of the race. And I also really dislike people who only think about winning, who do anything to annoy the rest of the competitors in order to win, maybe it’s a bit what I hate the most about trials, and there is always that “disease”, not only in trials, but in all sports.
TW: Would you like to dedicate yourself professionally to Trial or do you think it is a good springboard to do other off-road specialties? See Mario Román…
I don’t plan to dedicate myself professionally to trial, because I want to study and I am clear that I will dedicate myself to something else, although trial is very clear to me that it will always be there. I would also like to try other types of motorcycling, I already tried a supermotard bike and I had the time of my life, in fact, I would love to be able to take it again, or try enduro, motocross or speed.
TW: What do you think of the rulebook? Do you think it favors the arrival of young promises?
The means are clearly important to be able to stand out in the trial, you cannot stand out with any material and without support, but it is clear that like any individual sport, in this case the rider has a lot to say, and above all to train.
TW: Finally, tell us where you would like to go in the world of Trial and in what timeframe you would like to achieve it.
My goal would be to be able to reach the Trial of Nations, and the best thing would be to be able to do it in a couple of years, but as I said before, I want to study and I hope to be able to combine everything and be able to improve and end up participating in that competition along with two more teammates.
HONOURS
Date of birth: May 11, 1993
Place: Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra)
First bike: Gasgas txt 125 from 2004
Hobbies: Painting, playing the piano, listening to music, hanging out with my friends.
Most admired rider: Laia Sanz and Toni Bou
Favorite video game: Gran Turismo
Bike I use: Sherco 125 from 2010 but also an xmax 125, to ride around town!
What you like most about trial: All the people I met thanks to him and who share this hobby with me.
My least favorite: People’s obsession with winning.
A dream: To be able to have a motorcycle always!
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