Great race from Alejandro, now second overall

Great race from Alejandro, now second overall

He also finished the stage in Fuente Dé at place 2

Alejandro’ s quotes after his brilliant performance: “Today’s result is almost impossible to improve for us. We had Purito more than two minutes over us and we ended the day over him. It was a really hard race and despite going perfectly for us, we just hope these stages don’t show up too often (laughs). The team was sensational and I only have thankful words for them. We made the fans enjoy so much and that’s important, too. Contador attacked at the Collada de la Hoz, I waited on Purito’s wheel and we made all the climb at 10-15 seconds, but the gaps opened through the descent. Our race was different to Katusha, because I was already happy in that position as I was leaving Froome more behind. I had to play my cards. I feel sorry about Purito, but the races go this way. When the first hard slope came up, I attacked to take as much time as possible. We had two team-mates up-front and the work by Nairo and Beñat was fantastic. I didn’t think about chasing Contador down, but I went on full throttle for the final 3k, even though I pushed hard more to take time than fighting for the stage, because reaching him was hard. This is another step in such a great Vuelta for us. We’re so happy. There are still some important days before Madrid, but now I’m only thinking about recovering because it was such a hard day.”

You can listen to Alejandro’s interview (in Spanish) by downloading the hereunder PFD