Javier Moracho: from passing billboards to selling cycling

2023-08-01 05:31:09
When Javier Moracho (Monzón, 8-18-57) is asked about his best sports memory, the answer is surprising: «Well, it is still a telegram. He came to my house at the end of September 1973; I was 16 years old, and it said: ‘GRANTED BLUME BARCELONA RESIDENCE SCHOLARSHIP, JOIN IMMEDIATELY’. At that time I worked in a factory in my town because my father had told me that year, ‘here you study or work’. Since he had failed, well, he put me there ». And it was not easy for them to let him go train with the best athletes in Spain. “Wait, wait, sit down. If you’re really going to study, he’ll let you go, because what I don’t want is for them to give me back a 30-year-old son… See More
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