Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team)leader of the Vuelta, accomplished the goal of keeping the red jersey for the seventh consecutive day without major problems after his crash on Thursday.
“It could have been a bit better, but I felt good after the crash, without any big problems. Ah, today I wore gloves! But I don’t think I’ll wear them again tomorrow, they bothered me a bit on the stage,” said Evenepoel , one of the few cyclists in the peloton who doesn’t wear gloves. .
At the arrival of the hill, the lQuick Step Leader he had to fend for himself in the absence of his men, a strategy he learned when he prepared arrivals for a companion, absent from the race, Fabio Jacobsen.
“I wanted to go into the last climb within the last kilometer in a good position, and I managed to do it well. The team left me with 3 kilometers to go and then I looked for the position myself. It was something that I learned by launching Fabio Jakobsen at the beginning of the season It’s quite easy to position myself in the peloton,” he explained.
Before the appointment this Saturday at Sierra of La Pandera (Jaen)Evenepoel sets itself the goal of “not wasting time”.
“On Saturday there is another very good stage. I just hope I don’t lose time, this is the most important”, he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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