📰 Official Statement Bahrain Victorious Part Ways with Alejandro Osorio Bahrain Victorious have terminated their agreement with Alejandro Osorio following multiple contract breaches. The team wishes Alejandro the best for his future.
Osorio reveals reason for separation with Bahrain - Victorious
CyclingSaturday, 09 April 2022 at 13:30
This week has seen the ending of Alejandro Osorio's stint at Bahrain - Victorious. The 23-year old climber came into the team with the ambition of being a reliable domestique for the team's wide stage-racing ambitions, however just a few months in it's ended before it could even start.
"We had some problems, nothing serious, for now the lawyer told me not to talk about it, we had problems in the races, I think that more than everything it was because of the language, I did not understand anything in the race, so it was more than everything because that... we had a disagreement,” Osorio told local media outlet Paisa Desportes.
He reports problems with communication, and having only ridden the UAE Tour with Bahrain, he was paired up with fellow Spanish-speaking Pello Bilbao, however it would be understood that in-race communication would be in English as the lineup also included the following riders: Gino Mäder (SWI), Filip Maciejuk (POL), Jonathan Milan (ITA), Hermann Pernsteiner (AUS) and Johan Price-Pejtersen (DEN).
It is not uncommon for riders from South America to adapt to an almost year-long stay period in Europe, specially when family life comes into hand, as was the case with Carlos Betancur in 2014 who stayed in Colombia without warning which led to tensions that eventually saw the at-the-time rising star to break contract with the team, and never again show the same potential.
The adaptation period to his new team Bahrain - Victorious was far from successful, and after some months of collaboration, the team have announced two days ago that they were parting ways with Osorio. VeloNews have reported that a reason for this separation was the fact that Osorio had breached a Covid-related team bubble as said by a team manager, although it is unclear what the context of the situation is.
"I prepared myself very well, the truth is I did not feel welcome, I came from teams that were like a family and from there it became just work, work, work and from there the problems began." He isn't yet sure of what path his career will follow, but he is not considering leaving professional cycling after this incident: "I am very young, I am calm and I feel that I did things right."
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