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Stage 8
122| Mireia BENITO PELLICER
Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal Team): “This prize will help me step up”
“This jersey is a stepping stone, confidence-wise. Last season didn’t finish well, as I suffered several crashes and different issues, and this prize will help me step up. As for my team, I believe we did very well. We have to keep going like this. We shouldn’t ease up, nor relax – quite the opposite! We have to keep working, we have to keep pushing, there are many things left to do! What will I do with this jersey? Well… I have one person in mind to give it to, but I first have to think of a nice writing to dedicate it…”
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Stage 8
61| Marianne VOS
Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): “We wanted to make the race as hard as possible”
“We are very happy. Our goals were going for stage wins and for the final GC. The whole team worked really hard, the two stage wins were great, and to have Riejanne Markus standing second on the overall podium is fantastic. It was a good La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es. We started off with a bit of bad luck with Anna Henderson crashing out in the second stage and we missed her this week, but hopefully she will recover well. The rest, we just were going for it every day, and we ended with a very good feeling. Today we wanted to make the race as hard as possible....
Stage 8
24| Elisa LONGO BORGHINI
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek): “I don’t think I made any mistake”
"It was a beautiful week in Spain. I have to say that the course of La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es was a great one, overall. No stage was easy – we always raced full on! I didn’t come here in my optimal form after the tough Spring campaign I had. I was not at my very best level, but I fought hard with my teammates as we did believe until the very end that we could keep the 2nd place. In the end, it wasn’t possible and I finished 3rd. This is sport – sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I don’t think I made any mistake. I just gave my...
Stage 8
64| Riejanne MARKUS
Riejanne Markus (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): “I couldn’t wish for anything better”
"I’m super happy. I couldn’t wish for anything better. Last year I was 3rd in the GC until the last day and came 4th in the end. This time, I’ve moved up one position, from 3rd to 2nd. Everything went perfect this week. As a team, we got two stage wins and came close to a third one in the TTT – and we were present in the echelons, as well! I’m thankful to all my teammates. I was never confident that I could overtake Elisa [Longo Borghini] today, but I felt really strong and I was hoping I could somehow attack her today. Everything worked out...
Stage 8
17| Demi VOLLERING
Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime): “Proud that I could finally show how strong I am”
"The team did a good job all day long. In such a tough mountain stage, the racing is a bit nervous. I didn't find this last climb super tough. There was headwind again, but it wasn't super steep. There was a part where we had tailwind and you could pace yourself. There I thought: I have to attack to make sure I have an advantage on that stretch. After all, then the rest will have to chase me again later in the headwind. It's nice that I was able to increase my lead later on the climb and thus win this stage as well.”
"To end the Vuelta this way is fantastic....
Stage 7
124| Anya LOUW
Anya Louw (AG Insurance-Soudal): “I’m learning new things every day”
I’m really surprised with how my legs worked today. I woke up this morning feeling incredibly tired, but I guess the whole peloton feels like that by now. I found myself able to follow a good move and we got a nice gap by the time the peloton split, so I was able to hang on with the first group until the finish. Visma | Lease a Bike was very active today, and quite adamant. They were riding because they were confident Marianne Vos could finish it off like she did. I figured that, if they let a breakaway go, it would be a wasted opportunity for them and for many other...
Stage 7
17| Demi VOLLERING
Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime): “Tomorrow’s stage suits me well”
We expected more sidewinds and backwinds, but there were also a lot of headwinds. It was important not to fall asleep, as the wind could change anytime to tear things apart. When the echelons happened, I found myself surrounded by many teammates. From then on, I had to stay focused because staying at the front became more and more difficult. Once we were safe GC-wise, which was the main goal today, we started working towards sprinting with Blanka [Vas] on this demanding final, uphill kick. As for tomorrow, I think the stage suits me well. I haven’t looked into the...
Stage 7
61| Marianne VOS
Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): “When your teammates do so much work, you want to finish it off”
“We really wanted to try and go for the stage win today. That’s the reason why the team controlled the peloton all day long. And of course, when they do so much work, you want to try and finish it off. Riejanne Markus and me were in this final break when the echelon started. That was a good situation, but of course also a little bit hard to control. It was a bit stressful but then, when we entered the final kilometer, we just tried to stay in the best possible position and go for it.”
Stage 6
35| Antonia NIEDERMAIER
Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon//SRAM Racing): “We are making the most out of the situation”
“Unfortunately, we lost Kasia (Niewiadoma) before the stage. I think it would have been really good to have her with us, but she was ill. We are making the most out of the situation. With Ricarda (Bauernfeind) and me, we could do something on the climb, and I think we can be happy with our overall performance. The felling was quite good today. We are all tired, but it’s normal since it’s stage 6. We are really motivated and we will play our two cards all the way to the finish. We’ve been trying hard to be at our best. The last day is the queen stage,...
Stage 6
176| Claudia SAN JUSTO MANTECON
Claudia San Justo (Eneicat-CM Team): “I’m going to frame this white jersey”
We had been trying to be on the breakaway all Vuelta Femenina long, and we finally made it today. I’m very happy I got this prize and managed to feature at the front. This is being a very hard Vuelta for me, with such high level… I’m taking it day by day, doing my best to finish the race. What I achieved is very special for the whole Eneicat-CM Team, as we had been very unlucky when it came to attacking. Being represented in at least one breakaway is a big deal for us – especially if, on top of that, we get to stand on the podium! I think I’m...
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