The day after the first day of rest of this 80th edition of The returnthe platoon went on Tuesday 2 September in the direction of El Farial Larra Belagua, where a certain Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) had distinguished himself in 2023. After 175 kilometers on the program, this is the best climber of this Tour of Spainthe Australian Jay Vine (UAE Emirates-XRG), which won solo after a nice breakaway. He has ahead of the Spanish Pablo Castrillo (Movistar Team) et Javier Romo (Movistar Team), also present in the leading group. Like the breakaway, the peloton fought in a hell of a battle with in particular the Emirati training which tried to destabilize Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike). Despite an attack on JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Emirates-XRG), Awesome has not been worried and takes the leading red jersey at the expense of the Norwegian Torstein Traeen (Team Bahrain Victorious). The Portuguese of the team UAE Emirates-XRG expressed himself at the microphone of our colleagues fromEurosport To take stock of this 10th stage of The return.
“Not super stiff to make a real difference …”
“It was good, I felt good again today”begins the Portuguese training leader UAE Emirates-XRG. “We have nothing to lose, we are here to try to win”he says. “We cannot lose by trying to win, so we have to try, tomorrow is another day. I told the guys that if I felt good we would try in the last ascent and we gave everything. I was trying to make the race difficult, but it was not super stiff either to make a real difference, so I just took the wheel and I wanted to go until the arrival.concludes JOAO ALMEIDA.
