Maider, the star of the Bahrain national team, does not feel that he plays a role as a striker: “So you often get victory as a gift”

Mate Mohoric went like a rocket, Damiano Caruso stood out, and Sonny Colbrelli had the season of his life. However, they weren’t the only ones to feature in Bahrain Victorious in 2021. Perhaps Gino Mader could look back on a very good year a little more in the shadows. procession Talk to him.

The 24-year-old Swiss already won a stage at the Hainan Grand Prix in 2018, but he actually passed last season. It really began in Paris-Nice, where he seemed to be on his way to victory on the penultimate day. But in the last 50 metres, Primus Roglic overtook him. This was followed by a staged win a month later on the sixth day of the Giro d’Italia, with a tough finish for San Giacomo. At the Tour of Switzerland in June, he rode to his second stage victory of the season on the final day.

Mäder found his stage win at the Giro d’Italia disappointing

The best was yet to come, as Mäder rode (actually as valet to first Mikel Landa and then Jack Haig) to fifth in the final standings for Velta Espana. He also took the white youth shirt. Confirmation of his talent which was also well known. It’s no coincidence that Mäder finished third in the much-regarded Tour de l’Avenir in 2018, including two stage victories. “That sixth stage in the Giro was not as special as I expected. When you cross the finish line you have five or ten seconds of adrenaline, but that quickly wears off. It was the win from the race, not the real thing. Then you can win a stage among the strongest riders of the day.”

“The work is done,” Mader thought after his first WorldTour victory in the sixth stage of the Giro. “You think it would change your life, but it didn’t. In that regard, I found my stage victory in Switzerland even more special, with my family at the end and the best guys in the race to beat. I felt really good there. You often receive a victory from the trip as a gift. As it was There is a sense of satisfaction when Mäder, thanks in part to the delicious coupe from Bahrain Victorious on the penultimate day, rose to fifth in the Vuelta. Probably better than Switzerland, I don’t know yet. Anyway, it was a very good day.