Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) was in an upbeat mood after a driving attack on the Vuelta’s uphill finish on stage 6 saw the Irishman claim second on the stage, and move up to third overall..
Warming down on the rollers outside the team bus after the stage, Martin recognised to Cyclingnews that if Chaves had been unreachable following the Colombian’s devastating attack, Martin had nonetheless felt in strong form on what was - after his fourth place at El Caminito del Rey on stage two - another impressive climbing performance in the 2015 Vuelta.
“It was a finish that suited me and from the start I felt good,” Martin said, who took his first ever Grand Tour stage win and briefly held the lead in the King of the Mountains competition in the Vuelta in 2011.
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With temperatures reaching the high thirties celsius during the stage, Martin said “I had a ridiculous number of bottles from these boys” - gesturing to the team staff - “keeping me well watered all day and I think I seem to race well in the heat.”
“With hindsight, even though I did well on stage 2, I wasn’t so great then, but now I just keep getting better and better.”
Chaves, he says, was racing at an hugely impressive level - or as Martin graphically put it, “Esteban… shit, he was strong. He went away at the bottom [of the final climb] and then when I went, there was a bit of a headwind so that was why I didn’t get a gap at first.”
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