Four months after his accident at the Pan American Road Race, cyclist Azuaye Ana Vivar is preparing to return to the roadwith the Women’s Tour of Ecuador title as the main goal for the rest of the season.

State champion in road traffic was involved in a major crash in the final kilometers of the online test held with the national team in Panamawhich resulted in multiple injuries, lacerations and fractures, The most serious was the crack in the skull and the air in the head, says Vivar with resignation, although already with the aim of returning to the competition.

“Everything was a process he had never experienced before, but I’m happy to be well and focused on getting back to my best level.” said the 20-year-old azuaya in an interview with EL UNIVERSO.

Although “fear and fear of falling and injury” still existssays Vivar, holder of the Movistar-Best computer of these stumbling blocks “life is also about, but it should be lived, not because of these accidents a beautiful sport like cycling should be left aside”.

From April 22 four months of recovery have passed and Vivar faces the final phase. Currently working on roller i He will be on the road in the coming weeks to prepare for the Tour of Ecuador which will last in October.

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“A time of three months is planned for his return, but It got complicated and delayed his recovery a bit. Ana was dizzy and those kinds of complications, but now he’s good and hopefully he can be on the road,” said Anderson Padilla, technical director of the Ecuadorian continental team.

“We continue to recover and try to get back on the biketo have more confidence in ourselves, in our hands, this is what we are working on and to achieve this we have had great support since the accident in Panama, the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation has been attentive, as well as my team and families”, he pointed out.

The accident changed what should have been Vivar’s best season after she was crowned national road champion and thereby earned the right to wear the tricolor jersey in her competitions, which she did not achieve.

“This was difficult, it was not expected because everything changed so quickly. I went from national champion to representative of the country in the Pan Americanfrom there I was in intensive care then with recovery and constant examinations, but we are leaving and we are already 100% focused on returning to the best level and that they can compete in the national and international peloton”, he pointed out.

Ana Vivar is recovering from the accident she suffered on the Pan American Road

“It was ugly to miss the competition because the goals set at the beginning of the year pointed to the biggest onesstand out nationally and internationally, but it was difficult to trade those goals for stretchers and recovery therapy,” he added.

But everything taught about azuaya, who considers cycling competitions a “lottery”. “In every race you can do well or you can even fail, but everything has to be included and what remains of this calamity is that you always have to get up Now I have the green light to skate, to do more physical activity and it is an immense pleasure for me because I hope to be at the Tour of Ecuador”, he commented.

For him Movistar-The best computer Being without your champion also fell “hard”. and the best prospect in national women’s cycling. “It is difficult to have a champion who She did not manage to wear the tricolor jersey, there were many plans with her, but everything got complicated; however, we will continue with her because we know her human and sporting quality,” said Padilla. (D)