{"id":485067,"date":"2026-02-17T05:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485067\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:14:09","slug":"as-uae-keeps-winning-youngster-pablo-torres-opens-up-about-pressure-to-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485067\/","title":{"rendered":"As UAE keeps winning, youngster Pablo Torres opens up about pressure to perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dane Cash\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author__photo lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dane-Cash-150x150.jpg\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Star UAE Team Emirates prospect Pablo Torres has opened up about the &#8220;pressure&#8221; young riders face in today&#8217;s peloton in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wielerflits.nl\/nieuws\/de-druk-wordt-me-soms-te-veel-pablo-torres-kreeg-contract-bij-uae-tot-2030-maar-vraagt-geduld\/?ref=escapecollective.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wielerflits<\/a> \u2013 published on the same day that his teammates added two more victories to UAE&#8217;s already astounding 2026 win total.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone thinks I&#8217;m going to be a good rider, which is their right,&#8221; said Torres. &#8220;But they also think I&#8217;ll reach the pros and immediately win my first races. Of course, that&#8217;s not how it works. Everyone has their own growth path and career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torres, 20, is a few weeks into his second pro season, having been promoted to the WorldTour team from UAE&#8217;s development squad in the wake of a flashy 2024 campaign that saw the young Spaniard deliver big results in the under-23 ranks. Most notably, he stormed to two stage wins at that year&#8217;s Tour de l&#8217;Avenir, where he won the queen stage on the Colle delle Finestre a whopping 3:43 ahead of Joseph Blackmore, who claimed the overall title just ahead of Torres when all was said and done.<\/p>\n<p>            This post is for subscribers only<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\" style=\"color:#FF6F42\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"reactions\" data-post-id=\"6993a2e884f1ba82cfc2029e\">\n                    \ud83d\udc4dYep<br \/>\n                    \ud83d\udc4eNope\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/news-and-racing\/\" title=\"News &amp; Racing\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f293b3 news-and-racing\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News &amp; Racing<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/pablo-torres\/\" title=\"Pablo Torres\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f293eb pablo-torres\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pablo Torres<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/uae-team-emirates\/\" title=\"UAE Team Emirates\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f295e2 uae-team-emirates\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UAE Team Emirates<\/a>\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star UAE Team Emirates prospect Pablo Torres has opened up about the &#8220;pressure&#8221; young riders face in today&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-485067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485067","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=485067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}