It takes a team 💪🏻 Hop along for the ride as coach @PhilWest13 guides Max Poole down the descent at @lavuelta ↘️ #KeepChallenging #LaVuelta23
With the goal of getting it into the break to play for the stage win, Max Poole made the move for Team dsm-firmenich, where he rode brilliantly over the challenging terrain to take fourth place at the end of the day.
"It was a fast start and we wanted to get in the break today as a team so we all tried. I managed to get into a big group and that was that. I tried to go with Remco when he went on the climb, which was a positive and nice to try and hang with him, but that maybe pushed me a bit into the red," Poole said after the finish.
"The strongest rider on the day won. I gave it everything in the end but just had nothing in the last kilometres. I tried to push as hard as I could to the line. It was a bit disappointing to get rolled for the podium in the finale but I gave it my everything so can’t have too many regrets."
"I had a tricky first week and a bit to be honest, but this week I’m feeling better so far, so I think that’s a positive. We also expected that as a team coming in as I normally get better as a race goes on, so it’s nice to be able to race in the final week. Hopefully we can try again in the days left."
It takes a team 💪🏻 Hop along for the ride as coach @PhilWest13 guides Max Poole down the descent at @lavuelta ↘️ #KeepChallenging #LaVuelta23