Miguel Indurain
Miguel Indurain
Miguel Induráin Larrayais a retired Spanish road racing cyclist...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth16 July 1964
CityNavarre, Spain
CountrySpain
Miguel Indurain quotes about
I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now.
feels prove
I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.
winning trying
I did try to win a sixth, but it was not to be.
pain race cycling
Everybody tells me that I never look as if I'm suffering. But, when I watch videotapes of a race, I always remember the pain I had to endure.
character born aggressive
If I had been born with an aggressive character, then maybe my palmares would have been longer.
beautiful free-life beautiful-things
To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is.
riders balanced calmer
My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.
broken-heart sports winning
Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken and cycling is no exception.
cycling race suffering
I'm fascinated by the sprinters. They suffer so much during the race just to get to the finish, they hang on for dear life in the climbs, but then in the final kilometers they are transformed and do amazing things. It's not their force per se that impresses me, but rather the renaissance they experience. Seeing them suffer throughout the race only to be reborn in the final is something for fascination.
dad father weather
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.