Enric Mas goes for everything: “I want to win La Vuelta”

Every day that passes Enric Mas The leader’s red jersey fits his body more closely. Today I was wearing ‘The Red’ for the sixth day in the 81st edition of the Spanish round and, not only has he defended himself wonderfully against the attacks of his rivals, but he has also increased the difference at the head of the general classification with respect to Felix Gall and Primoz Roglicwhom he already has more than two minutes after the great victory of Marco Brenner in the Sierra de la Pandera.

He Balearic Islands of Artà once again highlighted the great performance of his team, Movistarwhich leaked to Castrillo and Leg in the day’s breakaway and who worked very well to protect his leader’s back.

“It was a perfect team strategy. I think we did it perfectly. We kept the breakaway between four and six minutes; we had two riders (Castrillo and García Pierna) in head. We knew it was a good climb for Felix (Gall) and also for Primoz (Roglic), But I had confidence in my two companions, so we tried it and in the end it turned out great. I almost stayed when García Pierna shot in the final stretch. I was going full speed. He saw that Primoz was falling behind, so we went full force to the finish line,” analyzed the leader of La Vuelta.

Another great performance from Enric in an ascent in which he did not have everything. “I honestly had bad memories of this climb, because I think Primoz in 2022 put 30 or so seconds on me, 38 I think, and today was different luckily for me. Little by little we are gaining time,” he said to the ‘Eurosport’ microphones.

When I asked him if he wanted to win more stages, he responded that “the truth is that I want to win La Vuelta. Now we have to talk about the next few days. Tomorrow is another key day, where it will be very hot, more so than today, and a day of rest will be key. The difficult thing is when you don’t have the level or the legs, now everything is much easier.”