Russian cyclist for the Red Bull‑Bora‑Hansgrohe team Alexander Vlassov In a conversation with , he described the route of the Vuelta a España stage race as difficult, stressing that the passage of the route would be complicated by the heat.
The Vuelta starts Saturday in Lisbon. Vlasov suffered a fracture during the Tour de France in July, but will start the Spanish Grand Tour.
— The course is difficult, there are a lot of steep climbs, a mountain Vuelta. The climb was bigger than in the Giro and the Tour this year, not to mention the heat. It will be interesting.
— You and Primoz Roglic have left the Tour de France. Do you feel additional pressure on the team before the Vuelta?
— No, the atmosphere is calm, but we want results ourselves, because the Tour did not work.
— You gave up on the Olympics, did you watch them?
– Only in the background. During the Olympics, he went to train at altitude and worked quietly, “Vlasov told .
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