Lance Armstrong completely infatuated with Pablo Castrillo: "I thought it was a typical TV attack. I thought there was no way he could pull it off"

Lance Armstrong reviewed the second week of the Vuelta a Espana in his podcast The Move. The American didn't understand the bike change that ended up costing Primoz Roglic a 20-second penalty, not only because of that, but because the effort to get back to the front of the race wasn't worth the change.

"In this last week there are diabolical climbs, what's the point of changing bikes, I'm a big fan of Roglic, but I would never have done something like that," he commented.

"Roglic wasn't good yesterday, we'll see what happens," Armstrong warned of what could happen between now and the finish. "It can be fun all the way to the end."

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PABLO CASTRILLO

About the surprise of the race with 2 stages next to his name, Pablo Caastrillo, Lance was completely stunned:

Armstrong: "Out of nowhere, 2 stages..."

Bruyneel: "It's not out of the blue. A little birdie told me a few months ago that he was going to sign for INEOS, the stage he won yesterday was incredible."

Armstrong: "I thought it was a typical TV attack. I thought there was no way he could pull it off."

Bruyneel: "Sivakov was racing for the overall, but then he had Vlasov who is one who fights for the top 5 in every Grand Tour. When we saw Vlasov's face when he arrived it didn't look good. Castrillo won stage 12, it was very emotional, the founder of the team died the night before, so the whole team was together, it was very emotional, they dedicated the win to him. For this team it's incredible. There are four second teams in Spain and they rotate to participate in the Vuelta, it was Kern Pharma's turn, it's brutal."

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YELLOW CARDS

Regarding the sanctioning of Decahtlon's team for Richard Carapaz's crash, Lance Armstrong was not at all happy with the UCI's new system:

Armstrong: "I don't think they should call them yellow cards, I think it's a stupid experiment, thank God it's just an experiment."

Bruyneel: "The problem is that with yellow cards it can happen like in soccer, that in sprints riders will be disqualified for accumulation, I'm worried about it. I think there are times when you're sprinting and you might get a yellow for something you're not even at fault for, for racing situations, and the second time you're out. I think that's too much."

Armstrong: "Where is the cyclists' union with these rules? I think in the end the card should go to the cyclists union if something like this is allowed."

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