Rafael Nadal was under the control of French cyclists who criticize him for playing infiltrating his left foot

The historical consecration of Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, which allowed her to add her 14th record title in Paris and 22nd at the Grand Slam level, she was celebrated with admiration and respect by all world sport. Especially after the Spaniard revealed that he had played most of the tournament infiltrated and with his left foot – the one suffering from a chronic disease that causes him a lot of pain – asleep. Although that confession of the number four in the world has also generated criticism from some French cyclistswho stressed that if they used the same method to compete, they would be accused of doping.

“What Nadal did would have been impossible in cycling, and it seems normal to me,” he assured. Guglielmo Martinoprofessional cyclist and philosopher, during an interview with the newspaper L’Equipe of his country.

“If a cyclist does the same thing it is already forbidden, but even if this were not the case, everyone would rebel, brandishing them as stoned (SIC) because there is a cultural background, many clichés related to this sport, “added Martin, now a member of the team Cofidicompeting in the UCI World Tour.

The Frenchman, winner of the Mountain Ranking in the Return to Spain and the Return to San Juan 2020, recalled that UCI (International Cycling Union) regulations prohibit needle treatments in cycling since 2011.

“If you are sick or injured, you don’t run, you don’t compete, it makes sense to me, for several reasons. First, for the health of the athletes. In the long run, I’m not sure if Nadal’s ankle will be okay. Also, the medications. , and especially injections, not only have a healing effect, they can certainly affect performance or be modified to improve performance, so it seems to me that they are on the edge, “Martin reflected, 28, who is also a famous writer.

your compatriot Pinot of Thibautteam member Groupama-FDJalso from the world circuit, he questioned through social media on Nadal’s decision to play with an anesthetized nerve.

The one born in Mélisey 32 years ago replied to a tweet in which a fragment of an interview by Nadal on the Eurosport network was reproduced: “How many injections did you get during the tournament?”they asked the new champion. “You better not know”Rafa answered, between a laugh and another.

Pinot shared it on his behalf along with a suggestive phrase, “The heroes of today …”, along with a couple of emojis, one of them, of a thinking face. The comment of the French tennis player Jonathan Eysseric “The sadness of that tweet”, in relation to what the cyclist had written. And Pinot’s response clarified his position.

“Why (sad)? Because I have my beliefs, a different way of seeing sports and sports performance than yours, can it be? My tweet (3 words), which caused so much reaction, fell on Nadal but it could have been a golfer, a jockey, a handball player, a basketball player, a fencer, a football player, a weightlifter, a skier, a soccer player, a cyclist … “Pinot said, using emojis to represent all those sports.

He added: “In no case is his career or talent questioned. In the last few weeks we see too many athletes using this kind of practice. I almost lost 2 years of definitely better competitions to take care of my back, it was difficult but today I’m proud of it. Those are methods that are simply forbidden in my sport, unfortunately so denounced “.

It is not the first time that rumors have come from France linking Nadal to doping. In 2016, for example, in an interview with a television program, Roselyne Bachelotthen the Minister of Sport of that country, accused the Majorcan of using prohibited substances.

Asked about the case of Maria Sharapova, who had tested positive for a doping test shortly before, Bachelot said: “They do not reveal positive tests. We simply discover, curiously, that a player has an injury that keeps him off the pitch for months. . We know more or less that Rafael Nadal’s famous injury that kept him out of the race for seven months (between 2012 and 2013) was certainly due to a positive test. “

Nadal is suing the policy and in 2017 the current Minister of Culture had to pay € 10,000 for defaming the player.

Nadal has already started treatment

Nadal, who on Sunday won his 14th French Grand Slam trophy with a win over the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final he told shortly after that game that for a good part of the match he played without feeling his foot, because he infiltrated it before going out on the pitch to avoid feeling pain due to the chronic scaphoid injury (Müller-Weiss syndrome).