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Comitas’ mobile telemedicine unit: an essential part of La Vuelta
Over 21 stages and 3,151 kilometers, Comitas e-Health will once again deploy its Mobile Telemedicine Unit to support riders and race staff during La Vuelta. The unit has already proved its worth. In the past two editions of the race, it carried out more than 200 on-site X-rays, saving over 500 hours in hospital transfers. Reliability has been one of its strengths. The mobile clinic...
Pedersen: "We keep fighting"
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): “No, I didn't try to reach the breakaway, we tried to control the race for [Giulio] Ciccone, we had to be in the mix to control the breakaway. I don't even know what happened in the race, I know [Jonas Vingegaard] won and that's it. Maybe you have to ask me the day after (laughing). I know that he won, good job, and I have to see what...
Vine: "It's never good to lose time"
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): “Today was a lot more decisive than anyone predicted. It was not really harder than we thought, but the first two hours were really intense and it was a hard day, very intense, also with the weather conditions… It ended up being a long hard day. It’s never good to lose time but we’ve got a rest day tomorrow. We’ll...
Træen: "Quite happy that I got some help and managed to hold on"
Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious): "At the end of the climb I was thinking I will not be in the red jersey, so I’m obviously quite happy that I got some help and managed to hold on. I didn’t expect [Jonas Vingegaard] to be that fast. He went really fast when he attacked, and then it was just about surviving basically. At one point, I got help from two Jumbo...
Pellizzari: "Vingegaard surprised me a bit"
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): “Jonas Vingegaard attacked really early in the climb. I was a little bit behind in the group, it surprised me a bit. But in the end, when you lose almost two minutes, it means he was just too strong. I had good legs, I felt good. The last part of the climb was a little bit easier. We tried our best with the team… We’ll...
Vingegaard: "I thought I was closer to the finish"
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): "The moment I put my team at the front on the last climb is the moment when we decided to make today a GC battle. I felt super great all day, I asked them if they could speed up, they did, and I tried. It was amazing team work and I’m super happy that I could finish it off. I couldn’t have done it without them. To be honest,...
Træen survives Vingegaard’s assault
On the eve of the first rest day, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) put the hammer down to claim his second stage win ) this time solo, after his narrow success in Limone Piemonte (stage 2). The Dane launched his move more than 10 kilometres from the line at Valdezcaray and rode clear to victory ahead of Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) and Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates–XRG),...
Vine: "I think the GC guys will go for it tomorrow"
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): “I’d say today was a recovery day physically, not so much mentally. There was a lot of stress all day with possible crosswinds. In the end, after we turned left, it was clear it was not gonna happen today. The legs got a good recovery session, and ready for some more! It was not as hot as I’ve had before in the Vuelta. Winning...
Pellizzari: "A bit of stress today"
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): "(Sprint stages are) too fast, too dangerous! (laughing) Today, there was a bit of stress at the start and for the win, but the final was really fast and everything was good. There was a lot of chaos in the bunch but in the end everything was good, we are happy and we will see tomorrow. Tomorrow in another uphill finish, today the...
