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EFE · Road Competition · 01/11/2020
The Spanish cyclist Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) hopes to improve in the last week of the 75th edition of the Vuelta a Espaa the tenth place that he occupies after the ascent to LAngliru on a day that he described as “hard and explosive”.
“I have tried to give my best performance, but it has not been so good or so bad because I am still in the high places of the classification and I am going to continue fighting,” he said.
The Navarrese explained that he knows the complicated ascent to the Asturian summit in which it is not necessary to be well positioned from the beginning because “in the final part it is very difficult, that’s why I tried to pick up my pace and keep it up to the top”.
Now, the goal of Snow, third Spaniard in the general in tenth place behind Movistar Enric Mas (fifth) and Alejandro Valverde (eighth).
“Try to enjoy and rest as much as possible on the rest day, with the aim of continuing to improve a little in the last week and if it is possible to improve,” he explained.
Enric Mas: “I couldn’t have that final shot to win”
The Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar) ended the Angliru stage with a feeling of guilt “for not having won”, so the Balearic cyclist apologized to “the Spanish fans and followers of Movistar.”
“I apologize to the Spanish fans, the Movistar fans and the team for not having won. The team has been exceptional and I have not been able to have that final shot to win,” said the Mallorcan cyclist at the finish line.
Mas was the first to attack within the group of favorites 3.5 kilometers from the top of Angliru, but in the end he could not hold the attack of the victor, the British Hugh Carthy, and entered 16 seconds in third place. In the general, he held fifth place 1 minute and 50 seconds behind the leader, Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
“I am happy with the overall image of the stage but not with the final result, because we went out to win, both myself and the team were very motivated, I knew I was fine and that in this short but tough stage, I could aspire to victory. “.
Although he did not achieve the objective he was pursuing, the Movistar leader promised to continue fighting for a victory in the remaining week of Vuelta.
“I will try to offer joy. Tomorrow we have rest, I hope to accumulate the maximum possible hours of sleep, although we have a long transfer to the hotel in Galicia. Tomorrow we will see the chrono and we will try to get a good analysis of the route to do our best and continue fighting for this Vuelta “.
scar Cabedo: “We are happy and we are going to fight”
The also Spanish Oscar Cabedo (Burgos-BH) advanced this Sunday, after the climb to Angliru, which began with the best, before the final decision of the stage, a “fight” for his team for the last week of the race.
“There is a week ahead, it is very good. The team is in shape, it is the year in which we arrived in the best shape, from home you can see it and we are showing it. We are happy and we are going to fight,” said the Castellón runner.
Cabedo noted, after climbing it, that Angliru “is very hard, but nice for a day.” “That every three years they put him in the Vuelta is good, but that they put him every year is very hard. Also, now we are in November and the legs are no longer those of January. There is a lot of fatigue,” he said.
On how to face the ramps of the Asturian colossus up to 23 percent, he believes that “the best thing is not to think about it.” “You look at the ground, you force everything you have with development and that’s it. You don’t pay attention to the one in front of you or the one behind you. You have to do what the body asks of you,” he explained.
Juanma Garate: “Carthy has managed his forces very well”
The sports director of Hugh Carthy in Education First, the Spanish Juanma Garate, believes that the British rider “has managed his forces very well” to prevail on this Sunday’s stage in the 2020 Vuelta with a finish at the top of LAngliru.
“He has managed his forces very well. He has regulated, because it is a climb in which you have to go at a pace. And in the end we have anticipated the movement of (Richard) Carapaz”, the new leader, the former Basque runner congratulated.
Garate assured that the EF team is “all very excited because these days rarely happen in one’s career.”
As for the next few days, he believes that Carthy and his team, as what they have “is already a lot”, what they are going to do is “see from day to day” how things are going against powerful rivals who “are the ones who have they have to manage the race because they know what it’s like to win big laps and they have great teams. “
Regarding Tuesday’s time, of 33.7 kilometers with the first 31.9 plains to the final 1,800 meters at 15 percent and ramps close to 30 on the ascent to the Mirador de zaro wall, Garate considers that “to be very demanding”.
And while he admitted that time trial “may not be” the specialty Carthy does best, he found that they “have been working on it.”
As for how the race is and if the Slovenian Primoz Roglic is the great favorite due to his mastery of the times and the scarce difference of 10 seconds that he has given to Carapaz, he does not see it so clearly.
“A step forward? Or back because giving up a few seconds makes a window open and we can see his weak points. Although, yes, he is still an extraordinary runner”, highlighted the Slovenian.
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