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Andalucia: stage & final ranking

Andalucia: stage & final ranking

4 wins already for Alejandro in 2013

Alejandro won today the queen stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía and won the overall ranking just like he did it in the last edition of the also called Ruta del Sol. Today he won the stage ahead of Simon Spilak and Davide Rebellin. 

“Honestly, we couldn’t have closed this race in a better way”, said Alejandro. “It all went a bit like planned in the morning, when we always had the idea of letting a break go and having the other teams pulling at the front of the bunch. It went that way, and at the final climb, the pace by Nairo made impossible that anyone could jump away. We all barely could follow him at that speed. In the finale, everyone was thinking of the stage win rather than the GC. The last turn was only 250 meters from the finish and I came in fourth place, maybe a bit too far, but I had good legs and could get to the top and win. I think that this is my best ever start for a season, and I’m the first one who is surprised about that. I cannot say I’m not well, because you can’t win in bad form, but I wasn’t expecting to do so well here. I’m lucky to live in Murcia and enjoy the good weather, so I can build a strong training base day by day and that makes gaining fitness easier. But the big goals are still far away and our plan is not to race too many competitions at this time of the year. I want to thank all team members, because they were splendid from the first to the last one – hats off.”