UEspol has not won a lap time trial since he did Samuel Sanchez in Villalba in 2007 (In the big one he was an accountant in 2009). This victory meant the third in that edition of the tour and served him to climb to the podium.
He was on stage 20 and I was going to make the podium. It was the quickest time for the little ones. I was good enough to win the time trial and make the podium in the Vuelta. It is curious that since then, no Spaniard has won the time trial of the Spanish tour. We have ‘good crooners’ but they are still not here. The Spanish camp is not here , I do not use it… Although there are people like Lazcano who can do it well. But of course with Van Aart or Roglic, who are almost unbeatable, it’s not easy.
It is difficult for him to perform in the discipline until he improves after a lot of work. There were no potentiometers at that time. This was the last Spanish victory in a discipline in which national riders did not shine for a long time.
Changing the formula
“In those days we raced with track tubes. As for the developments, at most, let’s put a 55 board, you were looking to play with a helmet, but let’s wear glasses and not put a screen. We are looking at technological innovations to improve. Now everything has evolved a lot. But one thing does not change, if you do not have legs… There is nothing to do”.
