Brilliant Alejandro at the Lakes of Covadonga

Brilliant Alejandro at the Lakes of Covadonga

The Spaniard is now third overall

One more time Alejandro made the show on the occasion of the mountain stage that was ridden today between La Robla and the Lakes of de Covadonga by attacking while climbing today last hill. 

After he crossed the line on the eve of another very difficult mountain stage, Valverde said that: “When I say Froome cracking, I chose to attack. Nairo had previously jumped ahead and did a great work for me through the climb. Alberto and Purito were stronger and attacked each other, but I decided not to follow them and always keep my own pace instead to take time on Froome. The overall podium is all but guaranteed: there’s still a hard day tomorrow, also the Bola del Mundo on Saturday and we’re one week from the end. Besides, he’s still very close and even though he loses a bit of time every day, we must never rule him out. I’m happy with this third place at the moment: Purito is really fit, Alberto is strong too, but we must wait and see how the race goes.”