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"There's always opportunities" - Ethan Hayter chasing stage wins as INEOS Grenadiers' GC block suffer
CyclingTuesday, 30 August 2022 at 10:00
Ethan Hayter is in a Vuelta a Espana which presents a flurry of good opportunities, however he has left almost no impact in the race on the opening week. The Briton is looking to turn that around, specially as he'll have more freedom in the second half of the race.
"It's been good so far. Compared to other races, like Paris-Nice or the Dauphiné, it's probably more relaxed, although it's fast when you're sat behind the motorbike," Hayter told CyclingWeekly. "There's been a couple of stages that could have gone differently, but it's been good helping out the GC guys and staying out of trouble."
Hayter finished seventh on the hilltop finish at Laguardia, but hasn't featured in the Top10 of any of the other road stages. He'll have still several opportunities ahead, but has not been able to profit from a suiting opening week.
Today's time-trial in Alicante will be an opportunity however, without the extreme depth of the time-trialist field Hayter will be one of the big favourites for the top step. "I prefer a more technical, up-and-down course. One where you have to go hard over the climbs and recover on the descents. But generally I've been on the podiums in almost all of the time trials I've done, so I better have a go! It'd be rude not to, wouldn't it?" he said.
With Carlos Rodríguez the main GC option and Richard Carapaz having lost his ambitions, the team will have more freedom to go on the attack in the coming weeks. Hayter may take advantage of it. "It depends what the route is, but there's always opportunities. If it's a summit finish then it will have to come from a breakaway as I'm not going to beat the GC guys on a climb. But we'll see how the race plays out - I'll definitely have a go at the TT," he concluded.
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