Johan Cruyff inspired Olympic champion Van Vleuten: "Attack is the best way to defend"

Annemiek Van Vleuten (39 years old) was met this Monday at Women’s Giro d’Italia a great success in the third stage of the race, the 90th as a professional cyclist, which also allowed him to lead the overall classification.

The Dutch runner of the Movistar team At the end of the stage and attending the microphones of the race press department, he expressed his joy at running again in the Giro d’Italia and achieving an important victory, both for him and for the Movistar team, which he reached in 2021 and in which he extended his contract until 2023, the year in which in principle he plans to announce his retirement.

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On the third day of Italy, as well as in almost every race he will participate in, the cyclist from Vleuten has always been characterized by his brave and courageous way of running, as he recalled again this Monday at the end of the stage, where for this went to former player and former football coach Johan Cruyff, who “always said that attack was the best way to defend”.

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Annemeek In turn, he recognized that he had this stage between the eyebrows, which suited his characteristics, and in the next few days his idea was “everyday”.