desolation within The Movistar team. When the illusion in it Tour de France is maximum, in an edition of the gala round that started on Bilbaowho presented a good profile for his leader Enric More, where the popularity of the time trial was at its lowest since 1934 and where the Spaniard was seen on the podium, all was broken with 21 kilometers to go, when the Artà corridor he fell in the last meters of descent from the top of Nursery.
Fast, anyway enric mas tried to get up, saw that falling was not just a fear, that there was something else. Enric’s face said it all and he lost his look, as if to say “it’s not possible, after so much previous work to have to leave the race on the first day of the Tour”.
A bad sign confirmed by the team shortly (“strong blow and pain in the right shoulder, scapula area”, in the absence of a more complete medical examination) and whose effect is summarized by these words of Sebastian Unzue, one of the team managers. “It’s a tough stick, a day where they have to “recover” and “look ahead” already facing Back to Spain. in statements collected by the EFE agency.
“That’s the sport, Enric Mas is the first and only option for the general classification of the Tour,” he added, noting that if the rider withdrew it was because he “couldn’t continue.”
What Patxi Vila, director of Movistar, tries to see the bottle as half full. “It’s the worst way to start the Tour, but we have to sit back and look at it as an opportunity.”
Undoubtedly, the Movistar Team must develop a new approach to the race and what happened this Saturday with Enric Mas is reminiscent of what happened to Alejandro Valverde at the start of the 2017 Tour de France, although the injuries sustained by the Murcian rider are more seriously
Source: La Verdad
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