The Spanish Alexander Valverde (Movistar), who lost 41 seconds at the finish line compared to the British Simon Yatewon the second stage of the Giro d’Italiadeclared that he was “conservative” in his approach to not falling into a time trial “very dangerous” and that his motivation would come in the days of the mountain.
Simon Yates (BikeExchange) achieved victory in a nine-kilometer time trial on a budapest street circuit, where Van der Poel lost three seconds to the Briton, but allowed him to keep the pink jersey.
After the contention on the second day, Valverde was in the overall standings in 32nd place, 52 seconds behind the leader, Van der Poel. “I’m not bad, but it was a very dangerous test at the time, a lot of danger in the corners, and for that reason I’m a bit conservative, because I don’t want to fall. For the rest, I am happy with the sensations since I think I have not been bad, “Valverde said, in statements released by Movistar.
“We are every day. Etna can be an important day and we have a very good motivation for Tuesday and for the mountain days to come ”, he concludes.
Source: La Verdad
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