Benjamín Noval: “Of course I dream of the double just like Evenepoel did, but first we are going to assimilate the time trial gold”

With your feet on the ground. The young man Benjamin Noval has shown all his potential in the time trial of the Junior World Championship that is being disputed these days in Montreal (Canada) by achieving an undisputed gold. The Asturian cyclist has fulfilled the predictions that placed him as a clear candidate to fight for the medals in the CRI and already on the Noval bike he has proven right to all those who bet on him, so much so that he has ended up signing a spectacular gold, the second medal of the Spanish delegation in the World Cup in Canada after the bronze in Hector Alvarez. The two medals in the time trial.

After stepping off the podium and already with the medal shining on his chest, ‘Benja’ He has shown great maturity in his words, a relevant modesty, for a 17-year-old young man who seems to be called to mark an era in Spanish and world cycling, as was demonstrated in 2015, when at only 16 years old the almighty Netcompany Ineos decided to sign him.

Thus, the current corridor of the MMR Academy He analyzed his success with these words: “We knew that we had a chance, but not that we were going to achieve it. We left with confidence, in the end I did have a little more respect for that technical area in that first part, but once I went out to my area and set my pace, from the car they really took me very well; so I would like to thank everyone, especially my family who helps me on a daily basis and assimilate it and think about everything that remains.”

And, when he was reminded that the last runner to achieve the double in a World Cup as a junior was Remco Evenepoelthe corridor of the PLaviana wave He didn’t ring the bells. “Of course I dream of the double just as I dreamed of winning today, but we are going to assimilate this, enjoy it with everyone and tomorrow and the day after that we will think about the double.”