“In today’s stage of the Vuelta a España, the main contenders for the general classification need to be attentive, as the Vuelta stage will conclude on the steep Pico del Buitre (10 km at 8%) in the Javalambre ski area. UAE Emirates, the team of Juan Ayuso and João Almeida, anticipates a spectacular finale.
“The first sixty, seventy kilometers can go by in the blink of an eye.” Joxean ‘Matxin’ Fernández reveals that the beginning of the stage is expected to be at a high pace.”
“It will then be a real war, a total war, for the breakaway of the day. Seventy riders will try, perhaps even a hundred. In a certain sense, this is bad for the teams with riders in the general classification, but on the other hand, it’s also good. There will then be a natural control. As a cyclist, you won’t rest and won’t need to do anything. However, there’s also another possibility: that suddenly there are four or five dangerous riders in the breakaway.”
“Remco Evenepoel willing to hand over the leader’s jersey
Remco Evenepoel, provisional leader of the Vuelta a España, gave statements to some media outlets, revealing his willingness to give up the red leader’s jersey to a rider in the breakaway. Thus, Matxin believes that the final ascent will be sensational: ‘It will be like tossing a ball in the air, and everyone jumping to catch it,’ concludes the sports director of UAE Team Emirates.”
