Mikel Landa, after trying again to attack in the Vuelta: "I wanted to leave Ayuso behind, but he had me marked and then he did not want to collaborate"

For the second day in a row, Bahrain - Victorious was the most ambitious team in another high mountain stage in Asturias. Mikel Landa attacked after another great job by Wout Poels, but couldn't take time off Juan Ayuso to overtake him in the fight for fourth place in the overall classification.

The Spaniard will have the last chance in the last stage of the Sierra de Madrid, which he considers very hard and that this Saturday will be the last battle between the men in the general classification of the Vuelta a España 2023:

"It was a very explosive finish, it could happen. I wanted to leave Ayuso behind, he had me marked, and I found no collaboration to go forward. It's been 18 days, my strength is very limited. In the end it's a race, it's about passing as many riders as possible and we all want to do it. It's a very tough stage, everyone has a lot of respect and something could happen".