La Vuelta stage 5: Bittner steals the thunder

 


"With DSM, we did a lot of work on this, the whole team was very good and then to beat Wout in a long sprint... He's one of the best long sprinters in the world, it's crazy. I don't see myself as a sprinter, I see myself more as a Classics rider, so we'll see. I told the guys today we could really do it, I really believed in myself. And when the opportunity came, I just went full gas to the line."
-Pavel Bittner. The 21-year-old second year pro is quite adept at the long sprint, too.






Look back: Pedro Delgado (1985, 1989 champion) at 34-years-old finished 3rd in his final Vuelta Espana, 1994

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