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EFE · Road Competition · 10/31/2020
The Spanish cyclist Marc Soler (Movistar) has assumed that he could have rushed by launching his attack early to win the eleventh stage of the Vuelta a Espaa, in which the French David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ ).
“I feel angry for not winning because perhaps I have rushed to launch the attack. I thought it would not take that long,” the Catalan recognized as soon as he crossed the finish line at Alto de La Farrapona-Lagos de Somiedo.
Soler acknowledged that from the car they had warned him that he was winding his head and that was one of the circumstances that prevented him from fighting for his second victory in the Return to Spain after the one achieved in the second stage in the Navarran town of Lekunberri.
However, he has been satisfied because he has achieved one of the objectives with which he was facing the stage, which was to cut time with the first classified and has managed to surpass the first five classified by more than a minute.
“I have cut time and I am happy for the sensations today. I appreciate the great job that my teammate Nelson Oliveira has done on the break,” he explained.
Soler maintains his conviction to continue taking steps forward in qualifying and has anticipated that this Sunday, in the stage that ends at the top of L´Angliru “we will keep trying”.
Return to Spain: Enric Mas: “We will play everything in Angliru, where differences will be marked”
Also Spanish, Enric Mas (Movistar), said that the team’s strategy on the stage was for Marc Soler’s getaway to prosper with victory, and pointed out that this Sunday’s stage ending in Angliru “make a difference in this Vuelta” .
“The strategy was to try that Marc Soler with the escape could find the stage and cut time in the general classification. I think that Jumbo and Ineos having Marc at 4 minutes in the general classification have seen that the break was not going to be so dangerous for them and they did not want to risk putting too much pace and that the rest of us took advantage, attacked and could take time. So we will play everything or almost everything on Sunday’s stage. “
The Mallorcan cyclist, fifth overall at 1 minute and 54 seconds behind the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadier), tied for the lead, had a good feeling at La Farrapona and could be on par with their direct rivals.
“I felt very good, honestly. At the beginning of the stage we went very fast and that always costs anyone, but I know it is true that I felt good in La Farrapona and I was able to arrive in the final sprint with the fastest people. , that until now they took a little point to me “.
For Angliru, the appointment will be key. For the Movistar leader, it will be decisive for the future of the Vuelta.
“For tomorrow I think I’m fine; we will see what can be done, depending on how I feel, the race situation …. A thousand things can happen; it will be a very short race, but it will make a difference in this Vuelta.”
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