Joshua Tarling came into his first ever Grand Tour stage as one of the favourites to take the Red Jersey at the 2024
Vuelta a Espana. Sadly for the Welshman of the
INEOS Grenadiers however, he had to settle for sixth on the stage.
"It was terrible. I just felt so bad really," Tarling reflects honestly in his post-stage interview with Eurosport. "Not to take away from
Edoardo Affini (leader at the time ed.), it was a really good ride, but I just felt flat. I struggled in the week between the Olympics and this, and yeah, I just felt like a brick."