"Tadej Pogacar is of course the favourite, but as a team we hope to do well with Enric Mas" - Nairo Quintana hopeful ahead of stage 2 at Volta a Catalunya
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Nairo Quintana faces today in the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya 2024 a climb he knows well, that of Vallter 2000. The Colombian of Movistar Team insists one more day that he is not in good shape after overcoming the coronavirus and makes it clear that he comes to the race to be Enric Mas' support rider:
"I have always done it well, today is different, we are not in the conditions we would like, you have to take into account the wind and the rivals is divided into three parts, the first acceleration, the attack of one or two and the final part of that sprint of the teams that have pulled, let's hope to be as far ahead as possible helping Enric."
He is clear that Tadej Pogacar is the clear favourite to win the race and that Movistar will try to do their best: "Pogacar is of course the top favourite, but as a team we hope to do well and be with Enric very close".
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