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The Efapel rider won the Tour of Portugal this Thursday.
Stage victory: “It is the first stage victory, the dream of winning the Volta a Portugal still stands. We are 1.17 minutes behind the lead and we still have a lot of Volta a Portugal ahead. Both António Carvalho and I are ahead, we have two pieces It is important to play the rest of the Tour de Portugal. Nothing has been decided. We have the final time trial, which is going to cause big differences. “
Difficulties in Senhora da Graça: “In the Senhora da Graça stage, things didn’t go the way we wanted. This gives me, my teammates and the technical team more strength and motivation. This only gives us strength for the remainder of the Tour.”
Praise to João Rodrigues and strategy: “We tried to toughen the race to the maximum to make a difference from the start of the race and leave W52-FC Porto with fewer athletes, but they had João [Rodrigues], who was very strong and managed to control almost the entire climb. From the middle of the climb I saw that it was very windy and then I decided to protect myself to try to win the stage and make cuts on arrival, everything went well.
Difference with opponents: “If there were serious differences, I would have had to leave when I attacked down there. After the tunnel, I knew that the differences would be minimal, because whoever got behind the wheel would save a lot of energy, because there was a lot of wind. It was no more, we won the stage and three seconds for the main rivals. Three are better than none. “
About the time trial: “Certainly, we will attack before the time trial. If it were tomorrow’s time trial, victory would almost certainly smile on Gustavo Veloso, who is the strongest man. The ‘chrono’ fits him perfectly. It is a time trial that will serve many differences As it happens, it is for specialists and I think that both Amaro and Frederico [Figueiredo] it is not so good for them to have the Volta in their hands “”.
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