Giro d'Italia: Amador moves into third overall after Valdobbiadene time trial
Costa Rican in po♋dium position three years after maiden grand tour stage win
In 2012, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrey Amador 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:made history at the Giro d'Italia when he won stage 14 atop Cervinia to become the first Costa Rican to claim a win at the Italian grand tour. Stage 14 in 2015 also proved to be a day to remember for the Movistar rider who now sits third overall after the 59.4km time trial in which he finishe♊d 15th.
Amador, 🏅who was assaulted a൩nd left for dead on a training ride in 2010, was the best finisher for Movistar against the clock with the 28-year-old improving his overall position from eighth to sit 3:36 minutes behind maglia rosa Alberto Co🌊ntador (🔴Tinkoff-Saxo).
"I knew I could do well over this course and we achieved 🌟a great result," Amador said. "The riders starting at the end of the TT like me were a bit influenced by the headwinds in the beginning - though it stopped raining for us, winds were stronger than for those starting earlier and the gaps were considerably bigger in the first section, but I don't think it favouﷺred anyone into the 'GC group' compared to the other contenders. In a 60-kilometre time trial, over an hour and twenty minutes of effort, you've got to save a bit of energy in the beginning to stay fresher towards the end, which we could do, but there's no real respite - you really go flat-out all the way to the finish.
Amador had occupied a top ten position on GC since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage 5 to Abetone but it had been teammate Beñat Intxausti in the headlines courtesy of his stage win on Campitello Mꦫatese and stint in the KOM jersey. With a tough final week of the Giro ahead, Amador explained that he aims to hold onto his podium position and post his best ever grand tour result, 29th at the 2012 Giro.
"It's already important for me to have made it to third place. There are some really hard days ahead for us, with plenty 🎃of mountains, which are the thing I fear the most from the route. Still, I'm excited to head into them - I want to fight for this. We must ride on a day-by-day basis, even more with this squad, which always find a man in real good ཧform to fight for the wins," he said.
"We're a courageous group, we came here with a goal to claim stage victories and make the fans enjoy, and I think we're doing that. It was already a demanding day ꦚin this TT with the rain, and tomorrow we'll have t♒o give 100% to keep this third spot, so we can re-evaluate our strategy during the final rest day."
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