I think it's more the fact that it's literally his second racing day back, it's like when Pourseyedi and Emami started smashing the Qinghai Lake Tour in their first race back a few years ago.
First little GC hints today, with a nice finish from Mendonça and Aristi to come in a few seconds up on the 'bigs'. Gustavo César is here with all intent it does seem, picking up bonus seconds and the camisola amarela and again, four W52s in the top 10. But Joni and García de Mateos are both looking strong too. Sevilla lost a few seconds on a finish which ought to suit him so I suspect the backing up of several long races into one another may play a role for him.
Going to be interesting to see how W52 play this now. GCV is in the lead of the race, but the last couple of years he's fallen away in the mountains and with the form that Joni is showing, will they trust him as the main leader or will they decide to hedge their bets with someone else, and if so, who? Edgar Pinto is perhaps the most decorated, but like his former LA-Antarte predecessor Hernâni Brôco seems to stall just outside the podium in the Volta, having been 4th twice and 5th once.
First little GC hints today, with a nice finish from Mendonça and Aristi to come in a few seconds up on the 'bigs'. Gustavo César is here with all intent it does seem, picking up bonus seconds and the camisola amarela and again, four W52s in the top 10. But Joni and García de Mateos are both looking strong too. Sevilla lost a few seconds on a finish which ought to suit him so I suspect the backing up of several long races into one another may play a role for him.
Going to be interesting to see how W52 play this now. GCV is in the lead of the race, but the last couple of years he's fallen away in the mountains and with the form that Joni is showing, will they trust him as the main leader or will they decide to hedge their bets with someone else, and if so, who? Edgar Pinto is perhaps the most decorated, but like his former LA-Antarte predecessor Hernâni Brôco seems to stall just outside the podium in the Volta, having been 4th twice and 5th once.