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EFE · Road Competition · 10/25/2020
The Colombian cyclist Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) has been satisfied to continue among the top ten in the general classification of the 75 Vuelta a Espaa after a sixth stage in which he acknowledged that they had lived a day “quite hard and cold. The phase”.
Chaves explained that they had to spend the whole stage waiting to be warm and “the teammates have taken care of Mikel Nieve and me”.
Regarding the outcome of the stage, he commented that in the absence of five kilometers “I arrived with the best and I tried to attack but the rivals were very strong”.
For the one from Bogot, reaching the first rest day in the top ten is eighth, 2 minutes and 2 seconds behind the leader, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadier), is “good and we are looking forward to the next two weeks, although let’s go day by day “.
For his part, the director of Mitchelton-Scott, Julian Dean, has valued the performance of his best man in the classification in a day that has been “of survival in which you have to do what you can”.
“Everyone has suffered a lot today, with one last tough climb in extremely tough conditions. I think the weather has made the difference. It was a tough stage, but not the one we expected with the Tourmalet,” he said.
For Dean, on the ramps that lead to the arrival at Formigal station, it has been possible to see the cyclists who “are going to be those guys who are going to be the strongest the next two weeks.”
“2020 is being a really strange year, in which we see a lot of strange races, extreme results in the Tour de France and the Giro today and I really think we will see big time differences when we reach the final of the Vuelta,” he concluded.
Enric Mas: “We will not forget this stage in our lives”
Enric Mas (Movistar), first Spanish in the general of the Vuelta, fifth at 1.07 of the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, assured that he will not forget this stage in his life, marked by cold and rain in the Aragonese Pyrenees.
“The sensations today … very cold. It has been a very hard day, a day that I think we will never forget in our lives. Thank goodness we have been going full throttle all day. Besides we got cold when we arrived to goal, “he said.
The Art cyclist (Balearic Islands, 25 years old), finished the stage in Formigal 1 minute and 43 seconds behind the winner, the Spanish Ion Izagirre, and 48 seconds behind the new leader, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. However, the Movistar leader drew positive conclusions from the day before the break.
“The feeling has been good, I think the team has been at a good level, they have done a good job and we have enjoyed despite the conditions of the day.”
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