The experienced Aleix Espargaro encouraged and dragged his friend Jorge Martin through the three-day event
Espargaro and Martin finished 14th in their category, only 50 minutes behind the winners Dario Cherchi and Hector Leonardo Paez, who are professional mountain bikers.Cycling coach Juan Jolobato, and fitness trainer Jorge Echevarria accompanied the duo for the three days.
The families of the best friends were also on hand to enjoy the Ibiza sunshine while Espargaro and Martin used their weekend off to push themselves to the physical limit in a different discipline. Cycling, for Espargaro, is nothing new although he is usually found on road bikes rather than mountain bikes.
But Espargaro does still have some mountain experience - in 2019 he finished fifth in the Cape Epic, a gruelling South African race. Espargaro’s experience of cycling meant that he frequently had to encourage and push Martin through the three-day Ibiza event.After two rounds of the 2024 season, Pramac Ducati rider Martin is leading the standings.‘Not over' but Lewis Hamilton admits Mercedes yet to master “very complex” F1 carLewis Hamilton's view on possible Sebastian Vettel F1 comeback with Mercedes
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