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Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) has made it clear he is ready to go on the attack and light up the deci�꧙�sive mountain stages at the Tour of Oman.

The pocket-sized climber 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won the mountain stage to Jabal Al Akꦉhdhar (Green Mountain) in 2013 but finished fourth overall to C🍌hris Froome (Team Sky).

Froome is making his season debut in Oman but Rodriguez has already completed the Tour of San Luis in Argentina and the Dubai Tour. With the Giro d'Italia his first Grand T✨our objective of 2014, 'Purito' is looking for a solid start to the season before easing back, targeting the Volta Catalunya on his home roads, the Ardennes Classics and then the Corsa Rosa

"I'm pretty happy with my foꦛrm so far," he told Cyclingnews in Oman before Friday's stage to the Ministry of Hou🐠sing and Saturday's finish on Green Mountain.

"Perhaps I'm not quite as fit as the same time last year because then my first peak of form was planned for Liege-Bastogne-Liege. This year things are different because I'm targeting the Giro d'Italia. But my forms not bad. I don't know if it's ⛎good enough to do something special but for sure we'll be up there."

"I'm up f🐼or it and want to win again on Green Mountain. Why not? I don't think Froome is as fit or as lean as he was last year. Contador isn't here either. I won last year a📖nd so why can't I win again?"

Rodriguez will be vigilant on Friday's hill fin❀ish but is focused on the Green Mountain finiဣsh.

"💫It's the stage that ꦺwill decide everything," he warned.

"It's a very hard climb, especially so early in the year. The gradient (5🐲.7km at 10.5%🗹) and being so early makes it one the toughest climbs we do all year."

"I like it because it's the final decisive stage, I like it because it's a showdown. Bring it on."