{"id":370155,"date":"2025-12-25T03:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T03:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370155\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T03:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T03:29:18","slug":"spanish-pro-fired-for-riding-like-an-absolute-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370155\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish pro fired for riding like an absolute clown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish rider Francisco \u201cKiko\u201d Galv\u00e1n has announced a pause from professional cycling after being dismissed from <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/equipo-kern-pharma-earns-its-2024-vuelta-wildcard-with-third-stage-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kern Pharma<\/a> following a viral video incident near Barcelona. In October, footage surfaced showing the 28-year-old repeatedly riding in the wrong lane, bunnyhopping medians. After he posted it on Instagram, and a whole lotta people viewed the clip, it prompted the team to take disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>Galv\u00e1n took to Instagram (again) to share a post about his sitch. \u201cI never thought so many people would see the video,\u201d he wrote, adding how things went south for him, quick. \u201cI always thought it was just a handful of us crazy people. This year, I had to sell my car after being kicked out of the team. I walked home from the dealership. That\u2019s when I understood how fast everything can change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described training in black clothing ever since, not for style, but because it mirrored how he felt inside. Or something. \u201cEven so, people recognize me, stop me, ask questions. I smile, but inside I feel ashamed. Shame for having failed everyone. And for disappointing my parents, my friends, my girlfriend \u2014 she\u2019s been the only one holding me up when everything fell apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galv\u00e1n emphasized that he was not seeking sympathy. \u201cI made a mistake. Mistakes have consequences, and I\u2019m paying them. I apologize to anyone affected. Leaving the bike doesn\u2019t hurt. I lived cycling as I wanted \u2014\u00a0 with my heart, without half measures. What hurts is feeling that I let my people down. That\u2019 is he hardest part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by saying, \u201cToday I don\u2019t say goodbye. I just pause. I breathe. And I move forward, as I can, but with my feet on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the lesson here is: Don\u2019t do dumb stuff. And if you do, certainly don\u2019t post on social media. (Like, what are you thinking, amigo?)<\/p>\n<p>Galv\u00e1n has ridden with Kern Pharma since 2020, when it was a Continental team. Since then, the Spanish squad has been at the ProTeam level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spanish rider Francisco \u201cKiko\u201d Galv\u00e1n has announced a pause from professional cycling after being dismissed from Kern Pharma&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,200422,200423,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-370155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-francisco-kiko-galvan","12":"tag-kern-pharma","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}