SECOND VICTORY FOR WARREN BARGUIL

A few weeks after his stage victory at Fermo over Tirreno-Adriatico, Warren Barguil won the Grand Prix Miguel Indurain in Navarre. The Breton runner raised his arms during a small committee sprint in Estella.

“It was really a tight sprint where I was behind but I had speed. As my father always told me: a sprinter he always has to do the sprint. I'm a climber-sprinter, let's say! (laughs)
I'm just happy with this victory. I didn't turn into the position I wanted in the final stretch but I managed to sprint at the end. The team did a great job. After the penultimate passage of the climb, it attacked on the last lap. I stayed in the peloton to save myself and my teammates did a great job to come back.
This morning when I woke up I thought we weren't going to leave because there was a lot of snow. With our clothes that we have now, we were not too cold, we were well covered. I discovered myself at the last moment, 15 kilometers from the finish. I took off my jacket, my leggings and that's it for the last climb.
I don't win a lot and there I already win twice this year after my victory over Tirreno-Adriatico. I think it's the positive spiral of the Arkéa Samsic team that also gives this confidence: I return to a good level, I make the right choices... It's quite simply the right spiral! »

C: Luis Gómez / Sprint Cycling Agency