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Sylvain scores a hard fought second in the Vuelta
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Only an extraordinary Pablo Lastras could steal today the joy of victory from Sylvain Chavanel. The French champion scored second place in this challenging stage from Petrer to Totana, made all the more gruelling by the terrible heat that's been a constant in this Vuelta. For his excellent performance today Chavanel won the prize for combativeness.
Sylvain Chavanel
"Today I had a great race. I spurred the break right from the start. I knew that with this heat it would be hard for the group to stay in control. We collaborated really well until the last climb. At 600 metres from the top of Alto de la Santa Lastras took off. I couldn't follow him because I was starting to get cramps. On the slight rise towards the arrival I gave it everything I had to catch up to Lastras. However there wasn't much collaboration with Pidgornyy and Irizar. When we got to within 9 seconds from Lastras with only 3 km to go to the finish line we started sizing each other up and Lastras gained a few seconds advantage. It wasn't up to me to do all the work to catch up. I wanted to win the stage and often in order to win you have to risk losing. I gave it everything I had, I couldn't have done more. Anyway, I'm happy with my form, I feel good and I'm going to try again. Congratulations to Pablo. He was the strongest today and he's a great rider."
Only an extraordinary Pablo Lastras could steal today the joy of victory from Sylvain Chavanel. The French champion scored second place in this challenging stage from Petrer to Totana, made all the more gruelling by the terrible heat that's been a constant in this Vuelta. For his excellent performance today Chavanel won the prize for combativeness. Sylvain Chavanel
"Today I had a great race. I spurred the break right from the start. I knew that with this heat it would be hard for the group to stay in control. We collaborated really well until the last climb. At 600 metres from the top of Alto de la Santa Lastras took off. I couldn't follow him because I was starting to get cramps. On the slight rise towards the arrival I gave it everything I had to catch up to Lastras. However there wasn't much collaboration with Pidgornyy and Irizar. When we got to within 9 seconds from Lastras with only 3 km to go to the finish line we started sizing each other up and Lastras gained a few seconds advantage. It wasn't up to me to do all the work to catch up. I wanted to win the stage and often in order to win you have to risk losing. I gave it everything I had, I couldn't have done more. Anyway, I'm happy with my form, I feel good and I'm going to try again. Congratulations to Pablo. He was the strongest today and he's a great rider."
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