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Vine: "We’re performing amazing as a team"
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): “[Winning 7 stages out of 14] is just a bit absurd, isn’t it? [laughs] It’s incredible. Four different winners, the team time trial… I think this year we’re performing amazing as a team. Personally, the guys are feeling really well, and we try to win the overall with Joao [Almeida]. I know that personally I’m...
Pedersen: "We are planning to try to win tomorrow"
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): "As I told you yesterday, today would be a day in the peloton to take it easy. We will see [what will happen tomorrow], it’s definitely gonna be tough but it's a stage we are planning to try to win."
Pellizzari: "We know we can get Jai on the podium"
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): “Today we tried to do our best with Jai [Hindley]. We felt really good. We know that to get on the podium, we need to flick [Tom] Pidcock. So we tried and Jai gained 10 seconds, so wee keep fighting. There’s just another day before the rest day, and then we see in the third week what we can do. For me and for the team,...
Vingegaard: "It’s a good day for us to have made it through"
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): “For sure today’s second place is better than yesterday’s. Today, I didn’t go for the victory. So 2nd place is a nice bonus, if you could say that. I take two seconds on Joao [Almeida]. It’s not bad. It’s a good day for us to have made it through. We expected [UAE Team Emirates-XRG] to take over because...
Soler: “I knew how to play my cards right”
Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): “It's an unexpected day, but I'm very happy. I wasn't planning on joining the breakaway. The plan was different, but I followed [Victor] Campenaerts, who joined the breakaway, and once there, I knew how to play my cards right. I climbed [Puertu San Llaurenziu] on the wheels, and then I knew the valley from the last time [2020]. It's...
Soler’s revenge at La Farrapona pursues UAE’s streak
The day after Joao Almeida conquered L’Angliru, it was Marc Soler’s turn to shine for UAE Team Emirates-XRG on La Farrapona. The Spanish attacker delivered a masterclass performance to claim a summit he had previously settled for second on behind David Gaudu in 2020. On stage 14 of La Vuelta 2025, he joined the breakaway again and dropped his rivals with 16 km to...
Pedersen: "Jonas has a high chance of winning the jersey, and Joao as well"
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): "I would not call [winning the intermediate sprint] a victory, it’s just nice to add up some points. I think it’s pretty clear that I’m racing to win a stage but also the green jersey and for this I have to get in the mix almost every day. Jonas [Vingegaard] has a high chance of winning the jersey, and Joao [Almeida] as well, so I...
Vine: "Winning on Angliru, that’s incredible"
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): “Motivation has been high since before the Vuelta to be honest. One of my key goals is to be on a team that wins a Grand Tour, and after watching Joao [Almeida] not finish the Tour and come to the Vuelta, I knew he had a really good shape. This sort of stage is his bread and butter: hard all day, and then it’s just brute strength...
Vingegaard: "I would have loved to win for my teammates, for my family"
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): "I would have loved to win today. We did everything we could so that I would have a chance. But to be honest, I think Joao [Almeida] deserved the win today. He was super strong. I did what I could. He deserves the win but of course I’m a bit disappointed that I couldn’t win here. I knew already on the second last climb that...
Pellizzari: "Harder than I expected"
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): “It was my first Angliru, harder than I expected but I tried to give my best and it was a really great fight with Riccitello. It was a good day for me, and also for Jai [Hindley] that is now near to the [GC] podium. I’m a rider that is regular with his pace, I catched [Riccitello] in the last 3 or 4 kilometers...
