The Briton, Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 pro cycling team), has legs of fire on this 80th edition of The return. The team runner Q36.5 was quite discreet on this 10th act won by the Australian training UAE Emirates-XRG, Jay Vine. Despite this, after this stage, Pidcock is always firmly hung on its fourth in the general classification of this Tour of Spainless than a minute from the new leader, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike). In interview with various media on arrival, the 26-year-old Briton notably returned to the altercation between himself and JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Emirates-XRG). As a reminder, the Portuguese training leader UAE Emirates-XRG had declared against Pidcock that it had to “grow balls” after the latter could not pass a relay during the ascent to the Estación de Esquí de Valdezcaray (Step 9).
Video – Tom Pidcock, upon arrival of this 10th stage of the Vuelta
“I feel very good …”
“I think that today I have confirmed my performance the other day, so I'm already more confident, I'm going to have good legs”says the British training Q36.5. The 26 -year -old also responded to declarations of JOAO ALMEIDA occurred in the morning of this 10th stage: “He apologized for his words, but I don't take anything to heart, it was in the fire of the action. I too have said things to others, so I really have no grudge”he admits.
Tomorrow Wednesday, direction Bilbao for the peloton of this 80th edition of The returna step that can be suitable for the qualities of the native of Leeds: “I looked a little bit of the stage of tomorrow, I don't know it in detail, but I think it will be hard, it is sure. The start today was super fast, but not really so hard for the legs, honestly. There were a lot of tired runners, and the climb was difficult, but it was faster than that of yesterday, so in the end it was not too bad”he explains.
“I feel very good. After a performance like the one I achieved before the day of rest on Sunday, it gives me confidence, and today I felt still well, so the more it happens, the better I feel. It is sure that the Giro, it was different. We knew it was a possibility, but I changed my plans, I did the same program with the classics and the Ardennes, and I didn't want to sacrifice that. Fresh, I was not ready. But this race is different.concludes a Tom Pidcock smiling.
