Having led the race and won two stages, up-and-coming Colombian Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) continues to turn in one solid ride after another in the Vuelta a España, and Saturday’s first of three mountain top finishes was no exception.
Eighth on the stage in the same time as Fabio Aru and continuing as leader of the points classification ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Chaves strong showing at Alto Campoo means he has gained a place overall, too, moving up to fourth ahead of Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo).
“The last part of the climb was very hard, Astana’s racing there reminded me of how they were riding in the Giro d’Italia,” where the Kazakh squad dominated on almost all the mountain stages, Chaves said.
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“But I’m pleased to be up there with the best of them, although there are two really tough mountain stages to come and we have to take things step by step.”
“My goal is to try and defend my overall placing and if I can, improve it.”
Chaves added that he was very pleased to see that fellow-Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has recovered from his illness. “He suffered a lot yesterday [Friday] and today [Saturday] he was racing really well. He’s a real star.”
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