12-08-2011
Movistar Team guaranteed the continuity by one of their greatest hopefuls, Ángel Madrazo, closing his term at the end of the year. The 23-year-old Spaniard will stay for two more years with the Blue squad, where he will try to confirm the impression left in his third season as pro, where, despite two serious crashes which cut his progression in the crucial part of his schedule, he could notch some important places that prove the quality he showed in lower ranks before taking the leap towards pros in 2009.
14-01-2011
French neo pro Arthur Vichot was the man picked by the Port Adelaide Cycling Club at last year’s Tour Down Under and subjected to a barrage of goodwill.
This year’s instant cult hero (just add Facebook) is Movistar youngster Angel Madrazo.
Madrazo, 22, joined Movistar’s previous incarnation Caisse d’Epargne in 2009, stepping up last year to ride the Montreal Grand Prix and Giro di Lombardia.
Read the full article | Cycling Central
14-01-2011
Don’t be surprised if you hear the relatively unknown name of Angel Madrazo being chanted by Australian cycling fanatics throughout next week’s Tour Down Under.
You see, the bespectacled Madrazo has taken over Frenchman Arthur Vichot as the race’s unofficial fans’ favourite thanks to a tradition, now in its second year, set up by the Port Adelaide Cycling Club.
Last year, in a bid to spice up the largely pancake-flat week-long stage race usually dominated by Andre Greipel, the PACC decided to pick an unknown, non-English speaking domestique and treat him like a superstar.
Despite his funny appearance and demeanour, the all-rounder is said to be a Supergood prospect. A frequent winner as a junior, last year he almost pulled off a breakaway win in the Giro de Lombardia, getting reeled in just one kilometre from the finish. As one Spanish cycling journalist so kindly says: “Madrazo is a future world-class rider and not just a geek.”
Read the full article | eurosport
