Enric Mas (Movistar) tried, but could not win the finish line of the eighth stage of 79th Tour of Spainto Cazorla, where he was overtaken by the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora).
“I’m happy with second place, but the rest of me is how I feel”he said after he crossed the finish line.
The Mallorcan recognized that in the face of the Slovenian’s explosive finishing there was nothing he could do even if he tried. “He has a very powerful and quick final kick. I tried but I smiled. “I’ve played my cards.”
Mas arrived with Roglic standing on a day where they began to cut time with the leader, Australian Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R). “It’s an amazing stage. We believe that the escape will come with Oier Lazkano at the forefront and it will force others to work,” he said.
The Spaniard is convinced by the good feelings he has that he may have a chance to fight for everything in the Spanish race: “The sensations are better than in 2021 and now the real mountain begins.”
Mas is not afraid of the heat they will face this Sunday in the ninth stage in Granada, the second day with the biggest cumulative gradient of the entire route. “I love heat. I have eaten heat at home since I was a child”he said.
Source: La Verdad
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