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Winner of the eighth stage, Andorra-la-Viella - Saint-Girons, Luis Leon Sanchez makes a positive assessment of the first part of the Tour de France despite a difficult race start.
Already entered in the second part of the Tour How do you assess your first part?
"I started pretty bad because things did not go well in the prologue of the first day.
He had yet to find the rhythm of competition.
As we begin the second week, I felt much better and the victory came in the eighth stage, just starting the second week.
Now I know that enter the top of the general in Paris is something that is going to be very difficult but I'll give everything to get the best possible outcome. "
You say that you'd like to run some more races before the Tour and that she had not cost you much to find a rhythm.
How progressed during the second week?
"It is true that I suffered a lot the first few days.
Could not increase the pace and was very hard, also from a psychological standpoint.
The fourth day the team time trial we went pretty well, I noticed that my pulse was up much better and could keep it.
From there, the feelings have been improving every day until the day of Saint-Girons when it came out all round.
The only thing is that the days pass and the tour will begin to take its toll because tiredness and be felt.
Let's see how I feel in the last week.
I hope at least to track how far and if I can improve, would be ideal. "
What accounted for your victory in Saint-Girons?
"Of course it was very important.
For me, personally, was further evidence that work can achieve great victories and to trust oneself is fundamental.
For my team has been important because the absence of Alejandro Valverde and neglect this very day of Oscar Pereiro would have been easy to get discouraged.
The victory has been very good to all. "
Tomorrow from Vittel to Colmar, the mountain again.
Think you can make a difference at this stage?
"I think not.
I guess there is not much change in general and that it will take the stage Sunday for the favorites begin to move. "
You are in the 11 th place overall at 2'16 "the first.
Where do you hope end in Paris? "
"I do not know.
I go every day, focusing on each step and see what the final result.
The most important thing for me is to see what I can do in a race three weeks and that the leg be responding well to the end.
That is most important to me, looking at my future in this race. "
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