Daniel Atienza: “the New York marathon as strong as Alpe-d’Huez”

Running ”The first time was in 2012. A missed date that didn’t stop him from“ falling in love ”, he laughs. Daniel Atienza sets out to explore the finish area when, over coffee, he learns the bad news. “I see a television screen on which it says: marathon canceled due to hurricane Sandy”, says the 48-year-old Moudonnois, who has the distinction of having been a professional cyclist, within the Polti, Saeco or Cofidis teams. , first becoming, once he got out of the saddle in 2005, one of the most enlightened amateurs of the French-speaking race. Isn’t it worth 2h30 on the most beautiful of distances?

“I was disgusted, so much so that I remember doing it