Enric Mas: “I think Pogacar got a little angry and that’s why he attacked”

After his great performance in the sixth stage of The Returnin which he stood up to a whole Tadej Pogacar, Enric Mas rose yesterday in Castellon to second place overall and today he started the seventh stage with the mountain jersey.

Given the profile of today’s stage, with the second high finish of La Vuelta in Valdelinaresit lent itself to a successful escape, as it has been, with the good victory of Andreas Leknessund.

Behind, UAE he let the escape succeed and Decathlon assumed part of the role of the stage, thinking about his runner Felix Gallsomewhat behind the podium positions.

Thus, the Austrian moved and then Pogacar finished off Mas and him. The Spaniard, after crossing the finish line, pointed out that “it was a great day, happy with the performance and with the team”, and was once again cautious after his good performance: “there is a lot of Vuelta left, we haven’t even finished the first week so little by little”.

Then he was asked about the leader’s movement on the final climb to Valdelinares, and Mas was surprising with these words, without wanting to go into more details: “I think he got a little angry with some moments of the race and that’s why he attacked,” detailing that he had not been surprised by Decathlon’s attitude in the stage.