Exhibition and double for Van Vleuten, who is already leading the Ceratizit Challenge of La Vuelta

Not a rival. the dutch cyclist Movistar Team Women, Annemiek van Vleutenwon this Thursday in the second phase of Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta 22 in Colindres. The winner of Turn around and of Tour de France Femmes with Zwift dressing up the race to the penultimate port of the day, Fountain the Rods (1st category), about 30 kilometers from the finish line and got a rent of 2’16” to raise his arms at the finish line and wear the overall leader’s red jersey with 1’55” over. Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo).

After the stage, the Movistar runner highlighted at the start that “I don’t know how my legs will be after the Tour de France. Rest, I’m back to training -in fact, I went straight to La Vuelta from the top- and you don’t know how you’re going to react, there’s some insecurity. It’s also the second day, and usually an attack like this is launched with more days ahead -in the Tour it’s the seventh-, where people are more tired and not as fresh today. It’s been five weeks since these rivals met, and that makes it difficult to compare and see what you need to beat them”.

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And then he highlighted the work of the team. “It was a very good team effort, which always makes the victory even more special. Even before the third climb we were busy preparing for that attack. It was a short day, about 100 kilometers when in other opportunity we are used to an effort of 150-160, and that is why I need a hard pace from the start and for my teammates to strengthen from a distance, so that, when I am attacked, suffering the people “

And despite being the leader, he asks for calm. “We have to go every day now; Tomorrow will be a difficult day and Saturday will be the most dangerous stage. I know two days: tomorrow, because I have trained several times in the place when I entered Cantabria, and the one on Saturday, because of the wind, since I was there Valladolid World Cup in 2010 and I know that important gaps will be opened with the fans. Let’s go step by step.”