the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, leader of the Vueltadid not feel “concerned” after suffering on the climb and losing 48 seconds to his nearest rival, the Slovenian primoz roglica difference which according to the Belgian “is nothing serious”.
“It was one of the most difficult days of the Vuelta. 80 km passed before the breakaway formed and we rode very fast on roads that were not exactly flat. It’s true that I didn’t have the best day. I think we controlled the damage, the loss of time was not seriously, it doesn’t worry me. Let’s see what happens tomorrow and in the following days”, commented Evenepoel in the finishing line of The Pandera.
The Vuelta’s red jersey stressed that the 52 seconds lost to Primoz Roglic did not concern him.
“It’s normal, some days you gain time and others you lose it, that’s why it’s a three-week race. I’m calm. Tomorrow a new stage arrives, I know it, and I’ll try to regulate the effort. And once there’s nothing to worry about,” he stressed.
Evenepoel, who entered the finish line with the SpaniardsJuan Ayuso56 seconds behind the winner, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, He did not consider the fact that the man from Alicante joined him on the last section of the climb to be the key.
“I don’t think Ayuso’s arrival to me, I was focused on my effort, there was news about me on the radio and I pushed until the end,” he explained.
The Belgian, before the stage this Sunday at Sierra Nevadacommented that it better suited his characteristics and recalled “that it would be different.
Source: La Verdad
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