Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team): “It’s been a very hard day, because of the course and the speed. The weather was ok, it only rained a couple of times. But mostly, it was a very fast day. In the end, the break left at km 105, so it was a huge battle, and then we had to take things over, even though we had a rider at the front. Other teams seem not to be riding to win. We saw no team was thinking about pulling, and as usual we ended up pulling ourselves. We have rivals who are very strong and have the same options for victory, but we think it means something and we pull. Everything can happen everyday, but we knew today was going to be hard.”
