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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...
Almeida: "A special win"
Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): "This is a special win. I still don’t believe it. Thanks to my teammates, they were key today. We did an amazing stage. I just put my pace from the bottom and I did the best I could. Jonas [Vingegaard] was always on my wheel. The last kilometre, I was on the limit. I guess we were both on the limit. I was waiting for his attack anytime...
Almeida tames L’Angliru and Vingegaard
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) had to settle for second on Friday, despite setting his sights on conquering L’Angliru with La Roja on his shoulders - an achievement that would have made him the first leader of La Vuelta to win atop the iconic ascent. His overall lead was never under threat, but he was also unable to distance Joao Almeida, who set the pace...
Vine: "Ready for the two hard days to come"
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates XRG): “I did not recognize all the route because there was a lot of fog and clouds the last time we raced here, but we knew the second and last climb from a couple of years ago. The entrance is super tricky, I was just trying to get Joao [Almeida] in the best possible position. And once it became really narrow, to make sure that he could follow...
Vingegaard: "It would be a dream for me to win on L’Angliru"
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): "We only focus on ourselves, and so far we have the red jersey and two stage wins. Today, our focus was to get through the stage without losing time. So today and the rest of the Vuelta, we can be super happy with how it’s been going. I do have a special relationship with L’Angliru. It’s a brutal climb, it’s very...
Pellizzari: “I’m a bit afraid of L’Angliru”
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): “We started really fast today, everybody wanted to go in the breakaway. Then, when the breakaway went, we went really easy, nobody tried to attack on the last climb so we arrived to the finish really easy with the bunch. I’m a bit afraid of L’Angliru! I saw the profile and it will be for sure the hardest climb that...
Pedersen: "A really good day for the points"
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) won the intermediate sprint and finished 5th, earning some important points for the defense of his green jersey: "This was a really good day, especially for the points, I could have been 4th but [Victor] Campenaerts was really strong. I think we should be really happy with how we did today. It's really hard [to be in the breakaway] but I'm doing really...
