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Guy Niv: "It took me a while to digest that I was hired I arrived at the end" | Israel today

2022-07-01T06:09:09.246Z


The rider landed in Denmark 24 hours before the opening of the Tour de France (16:30, live broadcast on Eurosport) • The Israeli, who was not the first choice for the team, is ready for the big moment: "This is my fifth Grand Tour, I have much more experience"


"It's fun to be here, even if it's just a day before the Tour de France and I arrived after a real jump. It all happened at the last minute and I'm very excited about it. I'm ready and more mature than the previous column I rode," said Guy Niv .

Niv's bounce came after Omar Goldstein was exposed to a verified corona patient, and the South African Daryl Impay became infected with the virus.

Drama about the starting line in the most tangible way you can imagine.

A dialect landed for a complex situation.

He was not the first choice for the squad, and the fact that he is still here after a difficult season opener on his part with an accident and Corona.

"I feel empathy for my teammates who had to give up the column because of the corona. It took me a while to digest that I would hire at the end I got here. Even when the team chose the lineup I believed it was still possible and that the situation was fluid.

I went through a corona and a crash but I managed to get back into good shape, and if they call me a flag - I'm ready.

Personally, I do not feel the symptoms of the disease. "

The goals remained to end in peace?

"This is the fifth Grand Tour I start, I have a lot more leg experience. This time the goal is not for the Israeli who jumps to finish. I come to play the game and help the team where possible. The first days in the column are very stressful and I will try to avoid mistakes."

What is your stress index?

"The pressure in the column is there anyway, but there are advantages to arriving in the 90th minute. It's positive pressure and it's much less strong than the first time, and I'm happy to be here."

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"There are advantages to arriving in the 90th minute," Photo: Noa Arnon

Fromm: "No thoughts on retirement"

Anyone who thought Chris Fromm sees the opening of the Tour de France today in Denmark (16:30, Eurosport) as the last of his career, received an unequivocal answer at the press conference ahead of the jump: "I definitely see myself riding another season, I have no thoughts of retiring at the moment. There is no evidence that I have reached a peak or a level where I am no longer rising. "

Fromm is a phenomenon.

With four past wins and almost no chance of winning the present, it's amazing to hear the 37-year-old scrawny rider, with scarred arms and quite a few bones quite clear - and the writer of these lines is not really a doctor - who should not stand out that way.

Despite all this, Fromm is driven by one motivation - to prove to himself that he can end his riding career on the saddle.

Not after a serious injury and not after a professional disappointment.

"I'm not in a clear position at the moment because I have not had the opportunity to examine myself in competitions in recent weeks, and I will see where my legs will draw me in the coming weeks," he said honestly, "but rest assured I will give 100 percent and do what can help the team. So of course I would be happy.

"This is the team I am committed to until the end of my career, which took me after the serious injury I suffered in Dauphinea. I may not win the column but I will continue to dream about it."

Chris Fromm.

"Be sure to give 100 percent," Photo: Eli Stern

Canadian Mike Woods, who will be the rider to bet Premier Tech most of all in the column, concluded: "I had a good start to the season, but I got on a roller coaster of mishaps. "So I'll keep my body safe from accidents and crashes, and focus on winning sections."

Meanwhile, the Israeli group intends to establish a large riding center in Rwanda for tens of thousands of the younger generation in the African country.

The center to be called the "Dream Field" is planned to be located in the heart of the Bogasara region, a backward area made up of many hundreds of villages inhabited by 120,000 teenagers and children most of whom can not even afford to dream of their own pair of bicycles.

To support the project: https://my.israelgives.org/en/members/RFC

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Source: israelhayom

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