Sergio Higuita and his great words towards Alejandro Valverde. The young revelation of Colombian cycling and one of those who stood out internationally, spoke of his expectations and there he dedicated words for Alejandro Valverde.
The 22-year-old paisa is one of the most projected runners in the world squad. Without a doubt, he has tried what he can do and this 2019 was a sweet season for him.
We must confess that Higuita Monster has not been in the Education First team for a year. He arrived in May, after a few months of testing with Euskadi, where he demonstrated enough for Jonathan Vaughters to call him.
And his letter of introduction was the Tour of California, where he was runner-up, behind an out-of-series monster named Tadej Pogacar, but the war was there, in the duel he was present and put the Slovenian in trouble.
Impressive the capacity of Medellín. He then continued on the Tour de Poland, where he met Pavel Sivakov and in a very close definition, Sergio finished fourth overall.
Impeccable presentations that earned him to go to the Tour of Spain and save the race for his team, winning stage 18 in Becerril de la Sierra with authority and alone.
In Vuelta a España he had his first crossing, at a distance, with Alejandro Valverde, with whom he could share the road and be close at some times. He saw how the Spanish was runner-up in the test at 39.
In the classics he could also cross it. There, in Italy, Higuita also demonstrated that he can be a classifier and finished third in the Giro de Emilia and 5th in the Tre Valli Varesine.
With these gold results for a runner of his age, Higuita returned to the country, closed his season and now he will prepare for the next season and at a press conference, he left a few words about Valverde that are interesting:
“I want to be combative in both the laps and the classics. I want to be a Valverde type runner, who has been in the top 10 of the UCI ranking for 15 years, ”said the paisa with admiration.
He focused his goals, not only on winning the Tour of Italy, the Tour of Spain or the Tour de France, but also winning in Liege and Lombardy.
“I am not as tall as Valverde, but I have good speed. I also saw how Valverde pedals, how it works in the lot. Getting to fight a package with him was something very big, ”recalling the stages of the Tour.
Definitely, Valverde represents a lot in Higuita's life and has a mirror to do many things. In addition, he has the ability to do so.