On the occasion of the 14th stage of The returnwe returned to land dear to David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)! Indeed, the arrival was tried at the top of the Farrapona (16.8 km at 6%), where the Breton won the first of his three stage victories on the Tour of Spainin 2020. Before finding the terrible percentages leading to the lakes of Somiedo, the Frenchman had confided at the start on this stage rich in symbols for him, but also on his young teammate Brieuc Rollandimpressive since the start of this Tour of Spain. This Saturday, September 6, this 14th stage of The return will have hardly smiled at David Gaudu since he ranked 127th at 30'59 “of the winner of the day, Marc Soler. As of Brieuc Rollandhe finished 111st at 28'38 “.
“It's a great moment in my career”
“It is certain that it is a very beautiful moment of my career, it was my first victory over a big tour, so it remains a great memory” explained David Gaudu Before this 14th which sees him return to the land that made him shine. “It feels good to change, the last time (in 2020) we had made Farapona and the next day Angliru, so we did Angliru yesterday and the Farapona today, so it feels good to change a little.” Despite the desire to perform on the slopes of the Farapona, Breton did not hide having many questions about the possibilities of the breakaway this Saturday: “It can leave a little more freedom than Jonas did not win yesterday, after Jonas will perhaps want to win today, reset the meters to zero? Will Almeida also have resumed confidence and say that he can win, take bonuses against Vingegaard? There are many hypotheses still on paper.”
Brief, David Gaudu had also spoken on Brieuc Rollandnot moved away from playing the stage victory on the 12th stage of this Tour of Spain : “Brieuc is a young man who has a lot of talent, who has a lot of future, it is not the young person who is 18 who crushes everything at La Paul Seixas but it is someone who is kindly progressing, who is in logical continuity. What is funny is that I covered with his brother, we had the same trainer when we were amateurs. He is a boy who has a lot of humor, who has a lot of talent.
