He Slovenian Primoz Roglic, winner of Pico Villuercas and leader of the Vueltaassured that victory at the top of Extremadura “is not the goal”, but after seeing the work of the team throughout the day, he said that he had to “finish it”.
“Winning the stage wasn’t really my main goal, but after seeing my teammates ride hard in this heat, I’m happy to have finished. The truth is that I didn’t ask anything from them, and nobody asked Yes , if they ask me, I will definitely tell them not to be so strong and take control of the victory,” he said at the finish line.
Roglic, who achieved victory number 13 in the Vuelta, in addition to 3 overall victories, pointed out that he had some discomfort in his back as a result of the fall he suffered in Itzulia and the Tour de France, but he had no “give it your all” option. ” to win Pico Villuercas.
“I had no other choice. It was a difficult, difficult climb, and my back hurt a bit. I hope it doesn’t get worse. The idea is the same, keep working every day. I always say this: you don’t You always know when your last success is, so you have to enjoy life, there are always new challenges, and I’m very happy, especially with the way the team works,” he commented.
Roglic overtook the Belgian on the same line Van Eeetvelt, which was expected and celebrated in advance.
“I believe in success, you always have to fight until the end. I gave everything and I did a good sprint,” he said.
The new leader described the promotion to Villuercas as “amazing and very difficult”.
“It was a spectacular climb, very beautiful, in the style of the Vuelta. On these climbs it is difficult to attack, the speed is reduced, but on the legs you can try to attack, like today,” he explained.
Regarding the differences with the most direct rivals, Kuss is already at 1.14 and Carlos Rodríguez at 1.30, Roglic downplays the importance of the general classification, although he always considers it important to be first.
“The differences are always good if you are ahead. Today was only the first mountain stage, there are many things to go through, and the main stages to come. You just have to see day by day,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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