VIDEO: Movistar prospect joined by a spectacular and unexpected training partner in Colombia
CyclingSaturday, 03 January 2026 at 09:00
The 2026 season is just around the corner, as the first race of the year, the Tour Down Under, will kick off in Australia on January 20. As the peloton gears up for an exciting year ahead, Diego Pescador is preparing for the new campaign with a rather unusual companion.
The 21-year-old climber is one of Eusebio Unzué's big long-term bets. He still has a long way to go, but he has already shown flashes of brilliance, such as his performance in the 2025 Vuelta a Asturias (where he finished 6th in the general classification). He even started Paris-Roubaix, although he did not finish.
Pescador is joined... by a macaw!
Pescador recently made headlines for starring in an unusual moment during a training session. The Movistar Team rider was doing his last bike ride before the New Year in the municipality of Calarcá, in Colombia, when the most unexpected teammate appeared at his side: a macaw (a type of parrot).
The enormous bird stuck close to his bike for more than 40 seconds and even came close to hitting him in the face. But beyond that, it left Diego Pescador with one of those memories that will never be forgotten. You can watch the video below!
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- I believe Remco now understands that he will have issues reaching the top step as long as Tadej is in the Tour, whiles he's a year junior to Tadej he has had his upper body rebuilt twice now from crashes over the last few years. I think he has a chance to win the Tour in a few more seasons, you can only prepare yourself as best you can and try. He said he needs to race some more one week stage races, he should, he can probably win them all. I also believe Remco should aim for another Vuelta if he comes out of the Tour in good form and maybe he should think about the Giro again for next season. This is potentially Tadej's fifth Tour win coming up this year, no one is going to derail that unless he falls off the bike or gets really sick.awp17-02-2026
- Not only will the great narcissist get his voice, but he'll benefit financially from this as well. Who says that cheating and lying your way to victory doesn't pay?
santiagobenites17-02-2026 - It'll make a good double feature with the Michael Jackson soft focus biopic.LumbarDeniro17-02-2026
- Yeah, whilst MVDP would never break a bone on the MTB... 😂Sexass17-02-2026
- I think he looses too much weight and that leads to his implosions, when he doesn't worry about it or can get it exactly were he wants, like 2024 tour, he is betterjad2917-02-2026
- King of ROAD cycling, because "Mathieu has no equal on the bike" Put Pogačar on a CX bike or a mountain bike and he'll break a few bones.
Rafionain-Glas17-02-2026 - Great! A grandiose narcissist finally getting his voice. /sPedalmasher17-02-2026
- It's interesting now because it's in both of their interests to attack - Del Toro because he needs to put big time into Remco, while Remco, despite being the leader, is not as fast as the Mexican and probably wouldn't want to take it to a sprintRafionain-Glas17-02-2026
- where is the outcry about Remco losing weight for the tour, like there was for PFPmij17-02-2026
- After Moscon, cycling needed a new villain. in Jan we trust. Ayuso was merely a villain to his teammates.abstractengineer17-02-2026
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Una guacamaya en pleno vuelo fue el mejor gregario del ciclista quindiano Diego Pescador, del Movistar Team, en medio de su último entrenamiento del 2025 por carreteras del municipio de Calarcá. El ave de gran tamaño y característico plumaje de colores, se le pegó al paso de la
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