“I wanted to try for a stage victory and look” – Ciclismo Internacional

2023-09-10 17:42:31

By @Nandodimaria

Rui Costa of Intermarché – Circus – Wanty took all the experience of his years in the World Tour and crowned the stage from the breakaway, in front of two riders who seemed stronger than the Portuguese,

LEKUNBERRI, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 10: (L-R) Rui Costa of Portugal and Team Intermarché – Circus – Wanty, Lennard Kämna of Germany and Team BORA – Hansgrohe and Santiago Buitrago Sanchez of Colombia and Team Bahrain – Victorious sprint at finish line during the 78th Tour of Spain 2023, Stage 15 a 158.3km stage from Pamplona to Lekunberri / #UCIWT / on September 10, 2023 in Lekunberri, Spain. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

“Well I can say that I did a lot of preparation for the Tour and things have not worked out for me and the team, which has been a bit sad. I had not planned to do La Vuelta, but after having finished the Tour and San Sebastián, my legs were in good shape and I asked the team to let me do La Vuelta a España,” said the former world champion and continued: “I wanted to try. a stage victory and look. At the end of so much fighting, a victory is not easy. With a lot of dedication, a lot of effort, a lot of work and this is very satisfying for me,” he noted.

Regarding the stage and the fall of Kämna, he commented: “Well, these are moments that in the end happen in the race. I had already passed the first time there, and going down you could see the curve. The truth is that I have seen that it was going down very fast. I already knew that if I went down at the same speed we were going to fall. Well in the end we got around it and we went there with Buitrago. In the end Kämna was able to compete in the stage and the victory was for me. For which I am very happy”, he concluded.

Fernando Estupiñán

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Rui Costa crowns the stage from the breakaway and celebrates in Lekunberri Santiago Buitrago: “I knew it was going to be very complicated at the end”