Following his tragic death in the Tour de Suisse, Gino Mäder was remembered for once adopting a stray dog on the streets of Bilbao city and naming it Pello, after his Bahrain Victorious teammate Pello Bilbao. The story reverberated across the media.
But if Bilbao himself has his dream Tour de France scenario come true on Saturday, there’ll be another chapter added to that particular narrative about Mäder, very shortly.
“It was a nice story about Gino’s dog,” the Basque rider told reporters on Friday afternoon in the countdown to the start of the Tour de France. “I think he had this small connection to the Basque Country and it would be great to continue with this connection if we can give him a nice victory in the home stages.”
