Aleix Espargaró wins his first race 18 years after his debut

Never has a MotoGP rider cried so much for a victory because one never worked so hard, tried so hard, waited so long to celebrate the first of his life.

had been in the World Championship for 18 years -18 years!-, he had run 283 races before and until this Sunday he had never climbed to the top of the podium.

He was the only rider on the grid without a win: neither in his three seasons in 125cc was he lucky, nor in his four years in 250cc, nor in his previous 11 seasons in MotoGP.

I arrive.

He arrived at the rare Termas de Río Hondo circuit and Aleix Espargaró cried a lot in celebration while the rest of the paddock celebrated his perseverance.

All those present in Argentina came to the Spaniard's garage in Aprilia to congratulate him and join his sincere, simple, family party.

A long call to his wife

and their children

, at his house in Andorra, was the most emotional moment.

"It has cost me a lot to get here. I have felt a lot of pressure because everyone told me: 'Today you are going to win,'" Espargaró said on his day.

After years and years developing bikes from the bottom of the grid, his reward was coming and everyone knew it.

He himself, minutes before starting the race, gave an emotional speech to DAZN, aware of the opportunity: "My sports career has been a roller coaster. I have never had the luck, or call it what you want, to be the fastest. It will be new to me."

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