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On February 4, 1990, the Colombian department of Boyacá celebrated the first of ten stages of the Vuelta de la
Juventud with great enthusiasm (the Vuelta de la Juventud is country's premiere U-23 stage race, whose past
winners include Alvaro Mejia, Oliverio Rincon, Mauricio Ardila, Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, Mauricio Soler and
Carlos Betancur). But on that day, Boyacá—a place where cycling is loved and has always flourished—was also
unknowingly celebrating the birth of yet another in a long line of great cyclists born in that central Colombian
department: Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas.
Quintana poses for a picture with his first team, Boyacá Es Para
Vivirla (which roughly translates to Boyaca is meant to be lived in, or
enjoyed)
Like so many other great cyclists from Colombia, and from Boyacá in
particular, Quintana's parents are peasants, who raised him in
what the newspaper El Espectador referred to as "precariously
difficult economic conditions". And yet, like with so many others in
Colombia, it was that economic reality that brought a bicycle into Quintana's life. His family lived in the settlement*
of La Concepcion (near the town of Combita), but the nearest school was 9 miles (16 kilometers) away.
The walk to school was treacherous, and often left a young Nairo absolutely exhausted due to the difficulty of the
terrain. There was a bus that could take him there, but with four siblings, there was no money for him to use public
transportation of any kind. So the young man's family had to save up, and his father bought a used mountain bike
for the equivalent of $30. Nairo treasured the bike, and slowly began to daydream during his rides to school.
Every time he rode the bike, he pictured himself racing, and winning a stage that always ended on a mountaintop
(which was actually his home), after a lengthy 8% climb. Once there, his parents were always there to greet him
when he arrived, but instead of awarding him a yellow or polka dot jersey, he once told a Colombian newspaper,
they always put a ruana on him (a Colombian garment similar to a Mexican poncho, but made of thick wool) to
shield him from the cold temperatures that are common throughout Boyacá.
Having said all this, it should be said that Quintana's upbringing can best be qualified as being typical of a working
family in the countryside by Colombian standards. One that didn't allow for many luxuries, but also one that didn't
see a young Nairo in need of food or shelter. So the portrayal of the Quintana family as being a desperately poor
one is not necesseraly accurate. As such, his upbringing must be kept within the context of rural Colombia. He
was loved and encouraged by a family that worked hard for what they had, and was never in need of the basic
things that any working family can provide.
Respuestas
The walk to school was treacherous
There was a bus that could take him there
His parents were always there to greet him when he arrived
The walk to school was treacherous
He pictured himself
The newspaper El Espectador referred to as precariously difficult economic conditions
He was loved and encouraged by a family that worked hard for what they had
He rode the bike
Quintana poses for a picture with his first team
traducido por mi:
On February 4, 1990, the Colombian department of Boyacá celebrated the first of ten stages of the Vuelta de la
Juventud with great enthusiasm (the Vuelta de la Juventud is country's premiere U-23 stage race, whose past
winners include Alvaro Mejia, Oliverio Rincon, Mauricio Ardila, Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, Mauricio Soler and
Carlos Betancur). But on that day, Boyacá—a place where cycling is loved and has always flourished—was also
unknowingly celebrating the birth of yet another in a long line of great cyclists born in that central Colombian
department: Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas.
Quintana posa para una foto con su primer equipo, Boyacá Es Para
Vivirla (que se traduce aproximadamente como Boyacá es para ser vivido o
disfrutado)
Como tantos otros grandes ciclistas de Colombia, y de Boyacá en
particular, los padres de Quintana son campesinos, quien lo crió en
lo que el diario El Espectador calificó como "
condiciones económicas precariamente difíciles". Y sin embargo, como con tantos otros en
Colombia, fue esa realidad económica la que trajo una bicicleta a la vida de Quintana. Su familia vivía en el asentamiento *
de La Concepción (cerca del pueblo de Combita), pero la escuela más cercana estaba a 16 kilómetros (9 millas) de distancia.
La caminata a la escuela era traicionera y, a menudo, dejaba al joven Nairo absolutamente exhausto debido a la dificultad del
terreno. Había un autobús que podía llevarlo allí, pero con cuatro hermanos, no había dinero para que usara
transporte público de ningún tipo. Así que la familia del joven tuvo que ahorrar y su padre compró una bicicleta de montaña usada
por el equivalente a $ 30. Nairo atesoraba la bicicleta y poco a poco comenzó a soñar despierto durante sus viajes a la escuela.
Cada vez que montaba en bicicleta, se imaginaba a sí mismo corriendo y ganando una etapa que siempre terminaba en la cima de una montaña
(que en realidad era su casa), después de una larga subida del 8%. Una vez allí, sus padres siempre estaban allí para recibirlo.
cuando llegó, pero en lugar de otorgarle una camiseta amarilla o de lunares, dijo una vez a un periódico colombiano,
siempre le ponían una ruana (una prenda colombiana similar a un poncho mexicano, pero hecha de lana gruesa) para
protegerlo de las frías temperaturas que son comunes en todo Boyacá.
Dicho todo esto, debe decirse que la educación de Quintana puede calificarse mejor como típica de una
familia trabajadora en el campo para los estándares colombianos. Uno que no permitía muchos lujos, pero también uno que no
veía a un joven Nairo necesitado de comida o refugio. Por lo tanto, la descripción de la familia Quintana como desesperadamente pobre
no es necesariamente precisa. Como tal, su educación debe mantenerse dentro del contexto de la Colombia rural. Él
fue amado y animado por una familia que trabajó duro por lo que tenía y nunca necesitó las
cosas básicas que una familia trabajadora puede proporcionar.
