Eusebio Unzue tip proves quite useful for Alberto Contador and Christopher Froome
Team Movistar Director Eusebio Unzue is a happy man with his team’s leader Alejandro Valverde securing three stage victories along with the fourth overall position after the Vuelta a Espana stage 11 classifications.
Unzue briefed earlier that both, Christopher Froome and Alberto Contador can pretty much make it through to the top and restrict Joaquim Rodriguez from claiming an overall victory.
"Both Froome and Alberto are a little higher, especially for the time trial, however the question is which of the two will be better? But Contador gets better," Unzue explained to
Deia.
"To me, [Contador] has more going for him than the rest and is still the favourite," he said.
"The mountains come next weekend, and along with the time trial on Wednesday, it's time to really evaluate the differences among the best".
"Valverde will go step by step but we cannot rule out the appearance and symptoms of fatigue. He has already accumulated about 70 days of competition this season," Team Movistar noted.
Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver had a massive lead of 53 seconds over Christopher Froome and a further 7 seconds on Alberto Contador after the tenth stage.
Alejandro Valverde was 1 minute and 7 seconds behind the Spaniard but Unzue noted that Froome and Contador have better chances of securing the first spot over his cyclist at the Individual Time Trial stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana.
On the other hand, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver was not himself very confident about his time trialling abilities and was in danger of losing the top position.
Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff of Team Astana succeeded during the 11th stage of the race with Alberto Contador finishing 17 seconds behind at the second position.
Christopher Froome claimed the third spot finishing further 22 seconds behind the race leader.
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte of Team Movistar managed to occupy the third position whereas, tenth stage leader Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver finished 1 minute and 16 seconds behind at the third spot.
It appears as if Eusebio predictions were pretty much right as Contador’s second place finish not only earned him the second overall spot at the stage 11 classifications but also, he is now only one second behind to enjoy the first spot.
Christopher Froome of Team Sky Procycling remains at the third position but his deficit is now reduced to 16 seconds.
Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver remains at the first position but with Contador right behind his wheel, the top two spots are much like to change hands amongst the two Spaniards.
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