15 May 2017
Italian grandtour’s GC leader reflects on own performance and Movistar Team’s work so far, talks expectations on demanding 39km time trial to Foligno on Tuesday
As the second rest day of the 2017 Giro d’Italia takes place in Foligno, we bring you quotes from Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), the race’s current Maglia Rosa after his won atop the Blockhaus on Sunday. The Colombian spoke to the media presenat the press conference held this afternoon, at the team’s hotel in Foligno.
Tuesday’s ITT: “By a matter of physical nature, it’s obvious that I should lose some time tomorrow. We’re facing a strong Tom Dumoulin, a talented specialist; also Thibaut Pinot, who rides well against the clock. They will surely do better on tomorrow’s course than me, though I hope not to lose really much time. I’d of course like to keep the Maglia Rosa, yet we know it’ll be difficult. I wouldn’t dare to say which margin would be enough for me, how much time lost would make me happy. We’ll wait for tomorrow to see how we feel about our performance.”
Foligno’s likely aftermath: “Let’s see how we do on Tuesday and we’ll start building our race strategy immediately after that, and seek for favourable points for us in the upcoming stages to try and beat our rivals. I won’t comment anything about that strategy, otherwise it’d get to our competitors’ ears (smiles). However, what’s clear for us is that we will continue to make our moves on the terrain that favours us, and work as hard as we’ve done so far.”
