Go for it all. This will be the tactic to follow Movistar team this year at La Vuelta, as pointed out by four cyclists who appeared in a virtual press conference this Friday before the start of the Spanish round in Lisbon. Nairo Quintana has put his legs in the service of Enrique Mas and the Balearic cyclist himself assured that he sees himself in a position to fight for the final victory, a race in which last year he was 6th and in which he has three third positions (2018, 2021, 2022) .
“Win? Without a doubt, we are here to win La Vuelta. I see myself capable of fighting for the podium and the red jersey. We have been working for this for a long time,” he said. Enric Mas, that ensured that after the disappointment of this year’s Tour, where he finished 19th, he was disconnected from the bike, which did not prevent him from making good preparations. “The team has come very well, we have the best team we can bring to La Vuelta and we will go for it, for the stages and for the general classification.”
Regarding the tactics to follow, the head of phone development pointed out that there will be “days for everyone. There are days when the rest comes and we have to be careful and days when we have to play differently. There are days and stages that will be very difficult and “You can see Movistar like in the Tour, attacking and trying to win the stages and this is also where the general classification is made.”
A general who, in the absence of heavyweights of the platoon, such as Pogacar, Vingegaard or Evenepoelsees “more open, without Tadej (Pogacar) the range opens more. Last year he won a Sepp Kuss very strong thanks to a leak it took a lot of time and we hope it will be a more open race where we can enjoy and make you happy.
At his side, Enric will have a group of guarantors (Jorge Arcas, Carlos Canal, Oier Lazkano, Nelson Oliveira, Nairo Quintana, Einer Rubio and Pelayo Sánchez), where Colombian Nairo Quintana, winner of the 2016 La Vuelta and competing in his seventh Vuelta, stands out. ‘Ironman’ cleared all doubts. He does not see himself, from the beginning, fighting for the general classification and he will give his last drop of sweat to take his leader, Enric Mas, as high as possible. “We are all going to be forward, supporting Enric to the maximum at all times and then it is clear that we have to be a team that has a lot of combativeness. They have not told us anything, but more or less it is the direction we are going and we will find as much as possible, with Pelayo and Einer our undisputed leader is Enric and we will leave everything for him, to promote him as much as possible, to make him well. supported and accompanied to achieve the best result for the team.”
Source: La Verdad
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