Samu: "The route's always hard"

After inspecting stage 1 and 3 of the up-coming Vuelta al País Vasco yesterday with his team-mates, The Man offered his view on it to Basque daily DEIA: "It's important to know the most testing parts of the race inside out, that way you're fully prepared for what's to come. It's always good to have tried it out, that way it's fresh in your memory when raceday comes. It's 'our' race, and therefore it's important that we're on top of our game. And to be on top of your game you need to get all the details right. The parcours in this race is always hard. You can change the route all you like each year, but no matter what it's always going to be hard. The stage to Arrate (the fourth stage) and the last-stage time trial in Orio will, quite possibly, be the hardest ones"