Enric Mas hopes to finish the Valladolid time trial in the top 5

Enric More (Movistar) face the time trial of the Vuelta a España this Tuesday in Valladolid, where he hopes “to be in the top 5 or 10”, with the long-term goal of trying to win the Vuelta; and, if not, at least “on the podium”.

“It will be very fast and I expect few differences with the favorites. I can’t do the tour, now through the city I hope it gets messy and we don’t want to risk it. We went to have a coffee,” Mas said at his hotel in Valladolid.

Mas, who does not see superiority on the part of Jumbo Visma, said that he is “more than the general classification”, but he is convinced of his progress in the remaining two weeks of the Vuelta, with the best mountain . next episodes..

“Before the start, I said that my idea until the end was to win, but if it’s not possible and a podium comes out, it’s not bad. It’s annoying that I’m not on the podium. There are still two weeks and I have to take advantage of the fact that I is fresher than others because I don’t play on Tour”, he pointed out.

The Movistar boss said “there will be Sepp Kuus as leader for the time being”, but he is convinced that Jumbo Visma will have to “sacrifice” him for the other leaders, Roglic and Vingegaard.

But he presented himself in a calmer and more mature profile. At 28 years old, he considers that he is now more open to the press.

“Now I show myself more, before I was more cut off. It was difficult for me to have confidence in others and until a few years later I did not open up to the press. I see the old statements and it is ‘ T in myself. Even now I see cycling in a different way, I don’t know why, before I thought too much and now what should happen, I assume it,” he commented.