Vuelta a España (2018) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Teams Presentation
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Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is back at La Vuelta, en route to the World championships where he hopes to claim a historic fourth victory in a row at the end of September. “It’s very important to be at La Vuelta, the mountain stages will be very good training”, the Slovak star said on Thursday in front of the media gathered at Malaga. “And it’s much better than training home, alone.” Winner of his first Grand Tour stages at La Vuelta in 2011, Peter Sagan recalled it was only his “second year as a pro” when he first visited La Vuelta (and took 3 wins), “and I even won in Madrid. It was a very good La Vuelta for me. I'm always happy to be in Spain.” This year, he’s still feeling from his late crash in the Tour de France. “But I come here with my soigneur and my physiotherapist”, he explained. “I can do a lot of treatments, I think I’m going to feel better day by day and I hope to win.”		share this photo
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VALVERDE: "NAIRO IS THE LEADER" ; QUINTANA: "I'M UP FOR THIS" With Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, Movistar line up two former winners of La Vuelta. The Colombian will lead the Spanish squad as they aim for another overall success. “Nairo is the leader”, Valverde said ahead of his 12th participation in La Vuelta. “And I’ll do as I always do here: lend a hand and try to spice things up, do good and then feel good for the Worlds.” Winner in 2016, Quintana also spoke to the media: “Im up for the leadership, as I’ve been every time I’ve had to. I’ve recovered at home. I arrived at the Tour in a good situation but things didn’t go the way we hoped. My shape is similar to what it was at the beginning of the Tour, we hope we’ll be lucky and everything will go well until the finish. And how does the Colombian see himself riding La Vuelta? “Full gas from the start until the finish”, he laughed. “Either we crumble, or we win.”		share this photo
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Vuelta a España (2018) Photos; Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Teams Presentation
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