Chris Froome (Team Sky) posted a Twitter photo of himself smiling with his legs resting on the wall of the team bus after stage 3 of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol and the climb to the finish atop the snow-covered Alto de Hazallanas.
Froome could only fight to limit his losses when Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) attacked early on the climb but the Team SKy rider rode a controlled race and finished just 19 seconds behind his Grand Tour rival, who won the stage alone. Froome is 27 seconds behind Contador in the general classification.
“Wow, that was tough. I wanted a good challenge to start off the season & I certainly got one,” Froome Tweeted.
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“I’m really happy with how it went,” Froome told TeamSky.com after not speaking to the media at the summit finish.
“Obviously it’s hard getting beaten and hard coming second to Alberto. I know for the work I’ve done coming in, I’m really happy that I was up there today. All the hard training this winter is paying off now.”
“My objective is to be really good later on in the season, building towards the Tour in the next few months. Alberto’s race programme is ahead of mine with the Giro set to be his first big target of the year. I’m really happy with where I’m at right now. There’s a lot of headway to make but there’s plenty more to come, and this is a great place for me to begin the season. The legs feel good. I haven’t done much intensity training but I’ve set up a really good foundation and I think riding like this is proof of that.”
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