the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Quick Step)red jersey of Back to Spainasked the fans of his country for calm before the third week of the race, because he has a “good advantage in the general classification”, although he does not consider it “decisive”.
Should the Belgian rider win the Vuelta, he will end a streak of 44 years without a cyclist from his country winning a major victory, specifically since 1978 in Italy is spinning together Johan De Muynck.
“That all the Belgians be calm, there are still six days of racing that will not be easy, although they are not the most difficult climbs. Fatigue will start to play, but we will definitely fight for red, we have no choice . My leadership is quite comfortable, but it is not certain, so don’t worry. Let’s be positive and let’s see what the result will be on Sunday morning. In any case, the attention that Belgium has is motivating to me”, he pointed out.
Evenepoel admitted to experiencing some difficulties after the crash he suffered in the twelfth stage of the Vuelta.
“After the crash, I could barely get up on the pedals. As a result, I lost a lot of time on Saturday, but not too much,” he said.
The Vuelta’s red jersey refers to his direct rivals, the Slovenian primoz roglicsecond at 1.34 overall, and in Spanish Enrique Morethird at 2.02.
“Roglic and Mas were good. On Saturday Roglic was the best, and on Sunday it was Enric Mas, but the Spaniard was a bit far from me in the general classification and I didn’t follow him. I started running alone, in my own pace because I was afraid to push my limits. In the end, after a hard day, I limited the loss of time,” he explained.
Ahead of the final week of the Vuelta, Evenepoel commented that the dominant tactic would be defensive and pointed out that his biggest fear was contracting Covid.
“The more I can run defensively and limit the loss of time, the better it will be. I hope I don’t get sick this past week, that’s what I fear the most. Covid is circulating within the peloton, I hope I can save,” he said. .
Source: La Verdad
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