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Thursday 09
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Costa
Rican
Amador
Settling
In To
Become a
Movistar
By Bjorn
Haake,
velonation.com
Promising
24 year
old
rider
Andrey
Amador
is
hoping
to step
up a
level in
2011,
which
will see
his team
colours
switch
from
that of
Caisse
d'Epargne
to the
new
Spanish
Movistar
outfit.
The
rider
who
hails
from
Costa
Rica has
settled
in the
Basque
Region,
training
hard for
what he
hopes to
become a
breakout
season.
Amador
wants to
avoid
past
mistakes
and
gives
his new
team a
thumbs
up for
obtaining
good
results
in the
months
ahead.
Amador
still
remembers
the
fateful
day more
than a
decade
ago that
would
change
his
life.
"In 1997
we
received
mountain
bikes
for
Christmas
and went
out on
the
weekends.
We
started
to train
more and
eventually
entered
a
mountain
bike
race,"
Amador
said in
an
interview
to
ciclistayciclismo.blogspot.com.
His
brother
Ivan
used to
race,
finishing
third in
the
Vuelta a
Costa
Rica in
2005.
From
mountain
biking
Andrey
switched
to a
road
bike and
now
trains
with
road
professionals.
"[I ride
with]
Martin
Iraitzos,
Vasil
Kirienka,
and
sometimes
we go
out with
the
Pamplona
group
ride."
The club
ride
format
fit the
way
Amador
liked to
train.
"I used
to train
on
instinct,
which is
not the
best way
to do
it. This
year I
want to
improve
on some
things,
including
a
training
program
done by
a
professional."
Already
in 2008,
Amador
raised
eyebrows
when he
took the
opening
stage of
the Tour
de
l'Avenir.
"The
fondest
memory I
have is
from
stage
one of
the Tour
de
l'Avenir,
a time
trial."
He ended
the mini
Tour de
France
in fifth
place
overall,
prompting
the
Caisse
d'Epargne
team to
pick him
up.
He spent
two
years
learning
and
hopes
the
apprenticeship
has paid
off. "I
tackle
the
season
with a
lot of
hope and
not
repeating
past
mistakes.
I want
to show
my
worth,"
Amador
said. He
was
already
very
visible
in the
astonishing
stage 11
of the
Giro
d'Italia,
where he
made the
big
break of
the day.
"I have
good
memories
from
that, a
historical
stage,
with the
break of
over 12
minutes."
It
propelled
his
teammate
David
Arroyo
into
second
place
overall.
"It was
great
satisfaction
but also
a lot of
responsibility.
We
weren't
favorites
but we
didn't
lack
much to
take the
Giro
with a
great
leader
like
David,
who
always
defended
himself."
Amador
did his
fair
share of
work for
the
team,
where
Arroyo
ended in
second
overall,
less
than two
minutes
behind
overall
winner
Ivan
Basso.
Racing
isn't
always
sun
shine,
and
Amador
had his
bad
moments,
too. "In
the 2006
Vuelta a
Costa
Rica, I
was
second
with one
stage to
go, the
last
mountain
of the
race. I
was
dropped
after
five
kilometers,
due to
stomach
problems."
He
finished
the race
but
dropped
back to
17th
place
overall,
which
was a
big
disappointment.
Amador
went
from
Costa
Rica to
the
Basque
region
on the
recommendation
of José
Adrián
Bonilla,
who used
to ride
for
Kelme,
among
other
teams.
Amador
thinks
that he
and
Bonilla
shouldn't
be the
only
riders
from
Costa
Rice to
try it
out.
"They
should
cross
the Pond
without
fear, as
we do
have the
level. I
believe
in that
hope to
do
things
very
well and
to find
a spot
on a
professional
team."
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