How I enjoyed today’s ending. Things get complicated for the leader. In today’s stage there is no breakaway, but the peloton is split in two and at the end one rider from that breakaway, the Eddie Dunbar is Irish won the stage, along with three Spaniards (Urko Berrade, Carlos Verona and Ion Izagirre) which turned out very well.
But the important thing is Attack by Roglic and Mas. The leader O’Connor He experienced the effort in a stiff, third-class port, he crashed and had a very bad time. Enric Mas was excellent the other day, always on Roglic’s wheel, and working with the Slovenian when he needed to.
Carapaz lost a few seconds and the lead at the end was 37 behind Mas and Roglic. Besides, Mikel Landa and Carlos Rodríguez they have been good. This is a stage where Spanish cycling is at a great level.
I think after what I saw today, that I see a Enric Mas different from other years. I see that he is attentive to Roglic, but he alternates with Roglic in the breakaway, he works and I see him in a different way. I see him comfortable and he can take his options in this Vuelta because there are very difficult stages left and he can have an advantage over Roglic. There is no doubt that we are in for some very exciting times.
Given what we have seen today, tomorrow’s stage will be key, as it will end in a first-class port and we will see if the leader has recovered or if his strength continues to wane and how his morale is. This Thursday’s episode could be decisive in the fate of this edition of The Return.
Source: La Verdad
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