Asturian Martín Barreiro López (3 June 2003) will join the Contador Foundation Under-23s next season under the baton of Rafael Dias Justo Youth team ranks. The principality-based runner, who is in his third year in the category, hails from Rias Baixas where he has remained for the past two seasons, most notably for his talent for the mountains .
Barreiro lives in Oviedo and trained at the Las Mestas Cycling School in Gijon, from where he rose to the U23 level with the Galician team. “In 2022, I was only able to run the first half of the season, and due to pneumonia and an accident that broke my collarbone, I was unable to continue racing. This year things are much better, especially the second half. In the first half of the year, I finally have to face what I couldn’t do a year ago. Finished adapting. At the Tour of Avila, the Tour of Salamanca and the Tour of Galicia I felt much better.”
There’s a casual feel to the way he rides his bike. “I grew up in Fonteta, a small town in western Asturias, and lived a quiet life. Normally, you would ride your bike, walk around, play there… One day a bicycle tour group passed by There, I was fascinated by those road bikes. So I ended up buying one and started riding. To this day.”
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