"I am pleased to have won a stage," he said given his crafty victory on stage 3. "I have no regᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrets for the general [classification], yesterday I did a good time-trial, I gave the maximum but Cadel has been impressive in the second part of the෴ race, so he deserves his victory today."
Vinokourov staged a late attempt to take the stage win on Sunday with two kilౠometres to go but was quickly shut down.
"Team Sky kept the p🗹ace to♊o high, I couldn't attack, it doesn't always work!" the 37-year-old referring to his winning attack on Friday.
The Astana team leader's next goal is the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after a short break. It's been a busy start to the season for Vinokourov, taking out theꦛ third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. He followed that performance with a top 10 finish at the Tour of the Basque Country and then fourth at Fleche Wallonne.
"Now I'll rest a little, this race marked the end of my first part of the season," Vinokourov explained. "This year I started quietly, then the form has arrived in the Basque country - there won the third stage - I ran out of luck in the Classics, and in Romandie the form was there. Now I'll take one or two weeks of rest🀅, and I'll go o🅰n altitude for a training camp and I will compete for the Dauphine.
"Then it will be the Tour de France, I will be leader of the Astana team there, but I don't aim to win the overall, the podium woul🌜d be ideal, but my dream for💛 my last Tour de France, is to wear the yellow jersey a few days."
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Jane is a former Australian Editor of Cyclingnews from 2011 t♈o 2013 and continues to freelance within the cycling industry.
