Politics came a little more invited to this 80th edition of The return ! Indeed, about 20 kilometers from the finish, the runners were informed by the organization that the arrival of this 11th stage between Bilbao and Bilbao would not take place, since pro-Palestinian demonstrators tried to force the barriers during the first passage of the runners. There was therefore no stage winner this Wednesday, September 3, nor a protocol ceremony, who would have seen Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) Once again take the leading red jersey. The latter still spoke to the bus of his team at the microphone of our colleagues fromEurosport.
VIDEO – The 11th stage of the Vuelta neutralized 3 km from the finish!
“We saw that the police managed the situation”
“We wanted to win today, it was my son's birthday, he's a year old, and I would have liked to offer him this victory”begins the red jersey of this Vuelta. “We worked all day for that, and not having had the chance to play the final sprint is a real disappointment. I would have loved to raise my arms for him, but it was not possible and it must be accepted. Regarding security, I think that the police did his job well: from the first passage on the line, we saw that they were managing the situation. Aside from an attempted blocking on the penultimate, where in danger “explains the Danish.
“When we learned that the race stopped 3 km from the finish, I was first disappointed and I didn't want to do much”he says. “Tom (Pidcock, editor's note) attacked hard in the climb, I had to let him go then I came back to the top, and we collaborated well to take time. I already knew that there would be no stage winner, so I was content to go as quickly as possible up to 3 km. Collective performance remains very impressive: from the start, the team checked, leaving only three runners The world wanted to be there.concludes Jonas Vingegaard.
