In conversation with Oscar Lacueva of Pro Riders Development
What’s your history in the mountain bike sector, when and where did it start?
I come from the south of Spain and since this sport was born, I got hooked on it and immediately started competing in DH. This provided me the opportunity to travel and see other places to practise MTB. It changed my mind and I decided to build my own tracks and started new projects. One of my first big projects was the Vallnord Bike Park and many others followed. At the moment we’re working on projects in Spain and Andorra like the Naturland Bike Center and the management of the Andorra Trail Center with 250km of itineraries.
International coaching has been another important part of my career. For the last 15 years I have combined trail building work with training and technical race support to professional DH and XC racers and being a coach at bike parks in Europe and Canada like Whistler Bike Park.
Andorra’s reputation has been built upon its renowned Vallnord Bikepark but is currently expanding its bike offer. What can we expect in the near future?
Many bikers who travel to Andorra are attracted by the image of Vallnord Bike Park but the vast majority of bikers already go to the bike parks with enduro or e-bikes. Apart from the bike park they want to know more about the destination and discover new trails. That has been the reason to develop a network of XC / Enduro itineraries to improve the offer and turn Andorra into a destination with an offer for all types of mountain bike, XC / Enduro / E-Bike.