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The team manager Bahrain, Gorazd Stangelj, regretted the placement error that led to his leader, the Spanish Mikel Landa, to lose 1.21 at Lavour’s goal, after being cut off by a fan caused by Ineos.
“We knew it would be a difficult day with a lot of stress from the wind. We did a good job in the first part of the race and we got into the good group in the first cuts “, he claimed.
“But, unfortunately, we had a critical moment that left us in a bad situation and wasted time in the general standings,” he added.
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He assured that their leader was “at the wrong time in the wrong place.”
Landa, who is now nineteenth, 1.34 behind the leader, the British Adam Yates, He did not want to comment after losing options to win the race in the same region where last year he also left 2 minutes, then due to a fall. Curiously, a stage that ended in Albi and where the Belgian Wout van Aert also won.
Stangelj appreciated the work of his teammates, Pello Bilbao, Damiano Caruso and Matej Mahoric, which minimized losses.
“It was a shame, after all day alert and well placed we were caught in a crash due to braking”Bilbao said at the end of the stage.
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The Spanish regretted that the team could not provide more help to Landa because he has suffered two casualties, that of fellow Spaniard Rafa Valls, who had to retire due to a broken femur after the first stage, and the Dutchman Wouter Poels, who has physical problems .
“We are running with six (…) The team is touched, but we have to risk, although there is a lot of Tour left and we cannot accelerate after today,” said Bilbao.
