Roberto Heras
Roberto Heras
Roberto Heras Hernándezis a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a Españaa record-tying three times. He broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but was disqualified for taking EPO. In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court of Castilla y León, and this decision was upheld in the Spanish supreme court in December 2012. The Spanish cycling federation subsequently reinstated Heras as 2005 Vuelta champion...
celebrate hard knew week
We knew it would be hard today, more so with the rain, ... There's still another week to go, so we can't celebrate yet.
attacked beginning climb felt glued hardest
I felt good, especially when I attacked about 5km to go, but I couldn't keep going because this climb isn't that hard. The hardest part was at the beginning and Menchov was glued to my wheel.
demanding hard stage
It's an important stage with a very demanding and hard route.
course hard including ridden route tailored training
It's a hard course and it's not tailored for the specialists because it has a lot of hills. It can make a lot of differences if you're strong. I know the route well because I have ridden a lot in the area, including training and in Setmana Catalana.
climb follow hard key stage
There's still the stage to Lagos and that will be the key stage, because it's a hard climb and there you can't just follow the wheel.
aggressive although both hard holding possible race repeat yesterday
If he doesn't yield, it's possible that we'll have a repeat of yesterday in Cerler, although Sastre said that he misunderstands both Mancebo and me. But if Menchov bends, the race will be much more aggressive and everyone will go hard without holding back.
attacked bit climb continue felt five hardest stuck tunnel wheel
I felt well, especially when I attacked in the tunnel with five kilometres to go, ... But I couldn't continue because this climb wasn't very difficult. The hardest bit was at the beginning, and Menchov stuck to my wheel so that didn't make it easier: there was a headwind.
climbs defended guy hard itself key strong though time trial
The key has been the time trial in Lloret, where the first part favoured me and there were no differences, but in the second, Menchov extracted time. Then, he defended itself very well in the mountains, though these climbs were not excessively hard and a strong guy can't be dropped.
bit surprised
To be honest, I was a bit surprised by the results,
advantage allow although beating bit continues difficult discipline gave good less major obstacles paid plus point recover rivals stage stages team themselves time today worked
Today's stage was probably less difficult than that of yesterday. We let a breakaway go and the team has worked very well, and with a lot of discipline behind. No day is easy, but today our rivals probably paid a bit for the beating that they gave to themselves yesterday, because at this point of the race, it is difficult to recover a bit more. These two stages were the major obstacles that we still had, although there are still two more stages left, plus the time trial. Roberto continues to look very good to me, and he comes to the chrono with an advantage that will allow him to do it with more tranquility.
blow left liberty morale race stages strong
There are many stages left on the race, but he made a strong impact, a morale blow to the rest. So far, Liberty and Heras have demonstrated superiority.
body feeling feels last percent though year
I am feeling that my body feels 100 percent for this Vuelta, ... And during the Tour, it just wasn't like that, even though this year was better than last year.
cycling instinct mark nice pass record victory
My first instinct is to win, but it would also be nice to set the record victory mark and pass into cycling history,
above confidence enter fell final last race reach respect rivals saw until week
I will enter the final week with tranquility, confidence and, above all, humility, ... I have a lot of respect for my rivals and, just like we saw when I fell last week, the race is never over until you reach Madrid.