Ronaldo to cycle 500km to keep his vow
Brazil great Ronaldo will cycle more than 500 kilometres to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela to fulfil the promise he made if his club Real Valladolid gained promotion to La Liga.
Valladolid clinched automatic promotion to Spain’s top flight on its first attempt. Ronaldo, who became Valladolid’s majority shareholder in 201■, has revealed he will do the pilgrimage route from Valladolid to Santiago de Compostela in five stages with his wife.
“To celebrate Valladolid’s automatic promotion, I made a promise a long time ago, even when we were relegated,” Ronaldo. “I promised that if we came back [to La Liga], I would do the Camino de Santiago. I will do it by bike as I can’t run. My wife [Celine] and I will leave from Valladolid and travel to Santiago de Compostela by bicycle.”
Ronaldo, 45, compared Valladolid’s promotion to La Liga “right there next to [his winning the] 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea.”