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After Jordi you minded for Marc Colomer ? Which bikes was Marc riding at the time.
He was riding 3 years with Montesa and 2 years Gasgas. 1998, 1999 and 2000 Montesa and 2001 and 2002 with Gasgas pro.
He was a different character to Jordi ?
Yes, completely different. Night and day.
With Jordi, things did not finish very well. He was a very stubborn person, I don’t remember it very well, but one day I told him ‘if we carry on like this, I’ll finish it’ and I finished it.
He was riding 3 years with Montesa and 2 years Gasgas. 1998, 1999 and 2000 Montesa and 2001 and 2002 with Gasgas pro.
He was a different character to Jordi ?
Yes, completely different. Night and day.
With Jordi, things did not finish very well. He was a very stubborn person, I don’t remember it very well, but one day I told him ‘if we carry on like this, I’ll finish it’ and I finished it.
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Is it correct that back in the 90’s as soon as you arrive at Barcelona airport and leave by car you are faced with a huge poster of Jordi? Was this true?
Noooo. Marc ...Fortuna I think. This was Marc. Yes but DUCADOS displayed some billboards of Marc by some motorways, because it was later on, and was Marc’s time. I don’t remember any billboards with Jordi. With Marc yes, because I worked with him and he used to tell me ‘they have put a billboard here and there”. There was a lot of pressure from the sponsors such as Ducados and Fortuna for you to get the win ?
Noooo. Marc ...Fortuna I think. This was Marc. Yes but DUCADOS displayed some billboards of Marc by some motorways, because it was later on, and was Marc’s time. I don’t remember any billboards with Jordi. With Marc yes, because I worked with him and he used to tell me ‘they have put a billboard here and there”. There was a lot of pressure from the sponsors such as Ducados and Fortuna for you to get the win ?
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I am not blaming you but what do you think about this crash?
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I remember this bad fall of Marc in an indoor trial competition in Madrid.
I was the first one there and I was below and I could see it all . I said to him “do you have it here?. He replied Yes……., no, no !! . It was a silly fall. That year they were celebrating FORTUNA’s or DUCADO’S anniversary, so they made a double water zone. The link from the first to the second structure had some beams that had been padded, and this is where he fell. From the top, to the beams and then to the water. If it hadn’t been for this, he would have injured himself badly. He did a bad move in a place where he should not have had to have any problems, he was caught by surprise and put the foot where there was nothing and down he went.
You finished working in the trial, what have you done with your life since ? 
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