The Spanish Enric Mas (Movistar) second place in Lombardy after slovenian Tadej Pogacarfelt at the finish line of Como “happy on the podium, but sad at the same time for the farewell of Alexander Valverde“, his teammate, who became world champion in 2018.
“I think we can leave today satisfied with this podium. It was a sad day, because it was Alejandro Valverde’s last bullet, but also a very happy day, because we finished second behind Pogacar in a Lombardy, in a monument,” said the Balearic cyclist, who recently beat Pogacar in the Giro of Emilia.
Mas, also second in the Vuelta a España, followed the evolution towards the end of the season, but conceded Pogacar’s superiority in the sprint.
“Step by step we continue to grow and I am very happy about it. I gave everything in that sprint, but I also tried everything both in Civiglio and in the last San Fermo. Pogacar was very strong and I had to settle for giving. my maximum in the sprint, where it was superior,” he said.
The cyclist from Artá(Balearic Islands) is convinced that he can have options in the classics, and made sure that he will return to try to add the test “dead leaves” to his record.
“I really like races like Lombardy, Liège, San Sebastián… I think I have the potential to fight for victory in a one-day race of this type and in the coming years we will fight to add the Monument that’s on the list of winners.”, he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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