Acevedo, Figure of the Colombian cycling in the decade of the 80, in addition father-in-law and trainer of Miguel Ángel López, He did not hide his feelings about what has happened in today’s stage and left with everything about the Movistar Team, Claiming that the loss of podium by Lopez occurred due to an order by the team.
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In a dialogue with the Spectator, the Sogamoso-born stated that he was ordered not to attack Lopez to avoid harm to his partner. Enric Mas; thus, to almost 60 kilometers from the finish line, The boyacense pedalist took off from the group of favorites losing about four minutes, and he will not be on the podium of the third most important cycling competition in the world.
Faced with this, López decided to get off his bike and end his participation in a race in which he was still third in the general classification. Then Lopez’s father-in-law commented that “Miguel called my daughter crying, I don’t think it’s fair. That doesn’t take away her queen stage, I think we need to think. Let’s see what comes in the future”; leaving open the possibility that the person born in Pesca will change his team.
In addition, Acevedo did not keep his views on the attitude of Eusebio Unzué (general manager of Movistar Team), stating: “Unzué himself went to the cart and with the door began to shout at him, this spilled his glass”; to end his position on the manager of López’s team, he pointed out: “The boy reacted and after the altercation with Unzué he left”.
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So, and emphasizing that “I had legs to reach”, López’s father-in-law showed all his support for the person born in Pesca, and stated that he supported any decision taken by him or his team, bearing in mind that from his perspective, the direct responsibility for what pass, run on behalf of the Movistar Team and its chief chief.