Alejandro Valverde who took place sixteen in the third stage of Paris-Nice which finished today in Aurillac six seconds behind winner Peter Sagan, explained that “it was snowing at the start this morning so that the organizers decided to shorten the stage. We rode 53 kilometers in the team bus so that there were only 155 kilometers left”.

The rider from Murcia also told that “a three-man breakaway made a gap of seven minutes with the pack and at that moment we decided our team had to take the responsibility of the race. We started chasing to bridge the gap. All the team worked hard not only to control the race but also because we knew that we had a good opportunity to win the stage”.