Decidedly, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) is reborn on this Vuelta ! The day after his superb victory on the 3rd stage of Tour of Spainin front Mads Pedersen (Lidl-trek) et Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), he participated in the massive sprint of the 4th stage on Tuesday, won by Legs (Ineos grenadiers). Second ex æquo in the general classification behind Vingegaard this morning, he had to finish at least eight places in front of the Danish to recover the leader's tunic. With its 25th place, facing the 42nd of Awesomehe recovers 17 places and is therefore the new leader in this Tour of Spain.
“The massive sprint? I think it's the first and last time in there!”
After the arrival, the Frenchman returned to this significant day: “I was thinking about this morning, but I didn't really know if I was going to fight for the positions in the massive sprint. It can be very dangerous. In the intermediate sprint, I followed the wheels, but I did not manage to obtain the seconds of bonus. After that, I spoke on the radio and I said, 'We can do it on arrival.' I managed to disconnect, I crossed the finish line and we succeeded. The team did an incredible job, and this jersey is for them. We have a solid team for the time trial. It would have been the same without the jersey: we will do our best, and we will see after the line if we get a good result “.
He continues on this red jersey: “It's a just return of things for the work of the guys today. It was a mini-objective, but we did not want to take the lead with that either, we did not want to take the risk of falling in a massive sprint. I think it is the first and last time that I go in there … It is not my place! It is sure that it is very symbolic, I win on the vuelta in Italy after having missed my giro and France.he concludes.
