Tour of Spain 2019: statements by Nairo Quintana, after stage 13 – Cycling – Sports

Nairo Quintana tried. He knew he should go to the attack, looking for an advantage, but he couldn't. Primoz Roglic is still the leader, Tadej Pogacar won stage 13 of the Tour of Spain in Los Machucos and he was in the fifth box.

The phase. We have seen what happened. The idea was to break the race. It felt good and we tried it. I took a distance in order to know if there were doubts behind, but we found very strong rivals.

The attack. When they caught me I was in the hardest part. Then, I regulated myself. I reached Valverde, who stayed with Roglic and Pgacar, who were very hard, very strong.

Leader. We were waiting for the mountain to take advantage and take time, but we have realized that Roglic is the strongest and has the differences. We will have to look at the strategies from here on, try it from afar to see what happens.

Slovenian Alliance? One of the things is that you have to wait to see what happens. Pogacar had to try, he did. I was further and I had to try, I had to do it. I was further from the general. You only know what you are capable of, what you can get if you try.

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