Lionel Scaloni’s journey, after the tour with the national team: two hours of cycling, dunks and autographs in Córdoba

La Scaloneta continues its journey and made this clear at the FIFA meeting, when not only did it beat El Salvador (3-0) and Costa Rica (3-1), but it also adapted to playing without Lionel Messi, out due to injury. But if we talk about walking, Lionel Scaloni didn’t stop either: after the friendly matches, The coach of the Argentine national team is back on his bicycle, his other great passion, and has traveled through the landscapes of our country. This time he was in Córdoba and, obviously, there was no shortage of photos and signatures.

While drawing conclusions and projecting the future, none other than the America’s Cupwith two friendlies ahead, Scaloni took some time to pedal. “It’s a bit of everything, a bit of sport, which is what I like, a bit to clear your head, to be able to reflect on things,” Scaloni told the sports daily Olé on the eve of the World Cup in Qatar., and that hasn’t changed. It’s still a moment that brings the sport together, takes your mind off the football madness a bit and brainstorms about the future.

Scaloni walked with a group of friends along the streets of Córdoba. According to what one of them, whose Instagram user is @litoviedo, told Olé, they passed near the Bosque Alegre Observatory, an astrophysics station. “Two hours of walking with a very nice climb,” she added. Return, The world champion coach shared some dunks with his team, took photos with children and not so children, with new and not so new Argentine shirts and left signatures everywhere. Always with a painted smile.

“It’s true that if you distract yourself a bit, what happened to me with the accident will happen to you, eh. But it’s true that it helps, it helps to distract yourself, to think about many of the things we do. It happens and I like it when I went out “running makes my head spin, it’s good for me, it gives me energy in a positive sense, it relaxes me… It’s a grounding cable. Sport in general is,” he said some time ago.

The day Lionel Scaloni spoke about his passion for cycling

-Is it true that you infected all the technical staff with the bike?

-During the pandemic we bought trainers for cycling, so we put on a program that simulates a climb and inserted it. We all do the same thing, we talk about football, we sweat. We went a few times to cycle at the KDT (the Palermo cycling circuit), which is very nice, because it’s outdoors. It’s a nice sport for those of us who have had ankle or knee problems, because it has no impact. You ride and the next day you’re as good as new and can do another two hours.

The extreme challenge he won in Spain

In May 2024, the coach of the world champion national team got into the saddle, invited by a Spanish television program, and managed to complete one of the toughest tests on the planet, known as El Infierno. “It’s an incredible experience to know this mythical climb,” Pujato said once he reached the goal.

Professional cyclists are already starting to look askance at Scaloni, who attracts attention for his form and his times on the bike. Last year she also broke it in a race in Mallorca, where she lives with her family. Observing his performance, Pedro Delgado, winner of the Tour de France in 1988 and the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989, invited him to share the climb of El Angliru, a hill in the Principality of Asturias.

“Lionel accepted immediately, he was motivated by the challenge we proposed to him, and we can already see that it was a success to take him,” said the former Spanish cyclist in conversation with La Nueva España, and added: “I was very impressed surprised by the strength and preparation that Scaloni has. I knew he was doing well, but I didn’t expect a performance like that.”