Enric Mas, on his Dauphiné: "The sensations are not super, but I hope it's a road to the Tour"

Enric Mas spoke ahead of the queen stage of the Criterium du Dauphine and acknowledged that the race is not going as he had hoped so far, but that he expects the best form to come for him in the Tour de France:

"For now the results haven't come, the sensations there, they're not super, but I hope it's a path towards the Tour, towards the objective and let's hope it's like that. "On whether he is afraid that he will not arrive well at the Tour, the Movistar Team rider is quite clear that he has prepared very well at altitude in recent weeks and that he believes he will arrive in perfect condition for the Grande Boucle:

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"No, not honestly no, we have trained well, we come from altitude and I think for the Tour we will arrive well." Regarding Saturday's queen stage in Dauphiné, Enric was ambitious in front of the press, explaining that Movistar has a plan and that he hopes to enjoy both the Madeleine and the Croix de Fer:

"We have a plan and we'll see if it can develop well with the teammates, we'll see how the stage develops. Today's climbs are very hard. Both the Madeleine and the Croix de Fer are two long, hard climbs and we hope to enjoy them."

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