Enric Mas plays it safe in the time trial: “I’m fine and confident, we’ve done a perfect job”

At the gates of glory. This Thursday Enric Mas will wear the red leader’s jersey for the tenth straight The Return and he will do it in the field in which he is worst but with a margin that should allow him to dream of having a good performance and aspire to finish the CRI with ‘The Red still tight to her body.

Enric Mas, leader of La VueltaJavier Lizón / EFE

In this sense, the Movistar Team leader He seemed confident in his chances of success on the La Vuelta website. “I’m fine; I think we’ve done a perfect job yesterday and today. We have to think about tomorrow, then the next, and then the next. I’m confident. Tomorrow’s time trial is quite flat and doesn’t have many curves. We have to focus on power, position, and nothing else. A good result would be to keep the Red.”

Then he went into more detail on the Eurosport microphones, acknowledging that “I’ve been waiting for almost a week for the remaining three days. We’re looking forward to it, we’re convinced that we can have a very nice three days because of it.”

DOS HERMANAS (SEVILLA), 09/09/2026.- The general leader, Enric Mas (Movistar) before competing in the seventeenth stage of the Vuelta a España, between Dos Hermanas and Seville, 185 kilometers long. EFE/ Javier Lizón
But before leaving todayJavier Lizon / EFE

He leader of La Vuelta He was not particularly worried about the differences that there may be in the kilometers of the time trial, “but it is a bit of a question mark as to how the time trial will go. More than looking at the others, we have to do a good time trial and I hope so”, before remembering that beyond the time trial there are two other stages where there can still be great surprises with the mountains as the protagonist.