168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mauricio Soler may not have won a race for four years before taking the first mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse to Crans-Montana on Sunday but he kept his emotions in check, preferring to dedicate his success to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Movistar teammate Xavier Tondo, who died recently in a domestic acc🦂ident.

"My victory and leadership are dedicated to Xaviꦓ Tondo. He's not with us anymore, but he's still in our thoughts. Apart from being an excellent rider, he was a big friend of mine," So🥀ler said in a statement on the Movistar team's official website.

Soler had not won a race since the Vuelta a Burgos in 2007, just a few weeks after he won a stage at the Tour de France and secured overall victory in the climber's competition while riding for the Barloworld team. Since 🐽then the quiet but classy Colombian has struggled with injury and crashes, with visa problems also often disrupting his race programme.

"𝔉I'm really happy. This is an important win for me because this is a top-ranked race and because I had spent four years without winning a race. I needed it," he said.

"I haven't raced since the Vuelta a Castilla y León because I back to Colombia to train. The start of the season was difficult due to the crashes and physical problems I've had but I'd already done 30 days of racing, and the first two weeks home were important mental and physical recov✱ery time. The🎉 last three weeks went well, and I felt good before coming back to Europe."

In the finale of the stage, Soler m𒀰ade sure h💛e was well placed and timed his final attack perfectly. He noticed that Frank Schleck (Leopard Trek) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) were marking each other and took advantage.

"We followed the team orders and we'd planned that, if I had a c⭕hance, I'd try before the fina💖l kilometre," he said.

"The group had split a lot and I made a first move but the second one 🐼was the good one. I knew it was the right moment to go because, if I came to the finish with riders like Di Luca, I wouldn't stand any chance in the sprint. But ⛦it all went good. I took the stage win and the leader's jersey."

"This has just started. It will♐ be difficult to keep the yellow jersey, but I have a s💮trong team and we'll try to stay in control on the front."