“Two victories in three days: you can’t ask for anything else”

“Two victories in three days: you can’t ask for anything else”

Read Alejandro’s quotes here

“It’s always a mystery how the first mountain stage can do, especially with this heat that could pay off for us. I started the climb a bit behind into the group, but as soon as I could overcome the bunch and reach the front, I attacked. I knew the Arrate climb, but it had been three years since I had climbed it; Purito remembered it better since he was this year at the Vuelta al País Vasco, and that made him take the first place. I was a bit scared, but I knew that I could get past him, he went a bit overconfident, stopped pedaling and I could squeeze my force and push my bike to the line. As well Purito as myself deserved to win. I want to thank the team, which spent two long days pulling out hard and none like us deserved it after making such a considerable effort. Also, I want to dedicate it to my three children, Natalia, my family and all the fans supporting me through all this time. I didn’t have the Vuelta into my season schedule and for me, this is accomplishing my expectations, but now that we’re in the lead, we’ll try to defend it as long as we can. It will be hard, since the rivals are really strong, and everything coming up will be an extra. We have now two victories from three for the squad and you can’t ask for anything else.”