00:00Of course, it's always nice to race against Wout.
00:03It's some nice races we're doing against each other,
00:07and for me it's always a pleasure to race against a rider of that level
00:13and being able to beat him sometimes.
00:16So yeah, I'm definitely looking forward for the next three weeks
00:19and racing him as hard as I can.
00:31What are your realistic goals for this race in terms of general specifications?
00:39I don't know what realistic is going to be.
00:41The first time I do a second grand tour of the year
00:44and it's a bit like untouched territory for me.
00:49So you'll see how the legs are, but I responded really good.
00:52After the tour I had some really good trainings in the south of Spain,
00:56so I hope I can make it better than fifth.
01:03So now I'm looking forward, I'm motivated,
01:06and we're here with a really good group.
01:07So I think it would be a nice work.
01:15Questions in English?
01:16Okay.
01:28Hello, Matt.
01:29We know it's going to be a difficult welter for the sprinters,
01:33but you weigh more than the sprinter.
01:35How many stages do you think you can target?
01:40Honestly, I have to get the road book and look at it first,
01:43before I can give you a clear answer on that.
01:45You want one?
01:47I would say, you know, a rough guess would be five to seven stages
01:53where it's a possibility of winning.
01:56Some of them is going to be really difficult
01:58and I need to find the climbing legs as I had in the last week of the tour.
02:04But we believe there's a decent amount of chances to win,
02:08otherwise it would make a lot of sense to come here as well.
02:10So, yeah, some fair opportunities, but also we have a main goal with Mathias doing a good GC,
02:18and I'm also here to help him.
02:20And that's also one of my goals, to see him achieving a top result in the whole time.
02:33She's very honest now.
02:43How much is this preparation for the World Championship?
02:49Also, nothing at all.
02:51First of all, I have to be selected for Wells.
02:55Wells is a course that doesn't really fit me 100%.
03:00I think the course over there in Canada is a bit too hard.
03:03So, yeah, I'm not using the World Championship for any preparation for the Wells.
03:11Now I'm here and I'm racing to win as much as possible here.
03:15And then, yeah, if I go to Canada after, it's nice.
03:18And then we see what the plan will be with the national team.
03:23Any other questions in English?
03:26No?
03:27Any...
03:27Alguna pregunta en español?
03:29Claudio?
03:54I'll be translating.
03:57The team has changed general managers from...
04:00I'm going to look at Gerd Jelena to the current one.
04:03What's changed and what have you felt as a change in the last few months?
04:10So, first of all, there's not an overnight change.
04:13This was something they were leading off to the last few months.
04:18I think it's two and a half, three months ago we were told internal in the team that this
04:24would happen.
04:26So, this was a slow process.
04:29So, regarding changes the last few months, it's not really a lot.
04:35So, yeah.
04:37Of course, we don't know, as the riders, we don't know for how long they knew this would
04:41happen and also the two managers in between.
04:44But I think they did a nice process here and Luca, he got a nice new job and new challenges
04:49in life.
04:52And that's why I think it speeded up the process a bit.
04:55Because I don't think it's easy to behave or run a cycling team until, let's say, December
05:01and then start to organize the Giro after.
05:04So, I think this was a good transition for him and for the team to do it now mid-season.
05:10Even that it sounds crazy to do it like that, but in the end we don't feel it too much
05:15and they have been really professional doing this.
05:20Anyone else?
05:21I'm going to ask in Spanish.
05:27Hello, buenas, buenas noches.
05:31Matias,
05:33this recorricience
05:35is the significance of that that it is not in the mountain
05:38in a single week as it happens in a few weeks,
05:42a few weeks in other parts.
05:55So one of the main characteristics for this parkour is that the mountain stages are not
06:02piling up all together but rather a bit more makes it between so is that something that favors you or
06:10is that something that changes your plan a bit and how's the heat going to be like for you guys?
06:19I mean yeah of course it's different than the tour where the mountain stages are much more compact
06:25into the last weekend of the weeks but I prepared really well especially for the type of climbs we're
06:33going to do in the Vuelta with small anaerobic and shorter efforts and yeah of course the heat is
06:40going to be a big issue but I think for everyone and yeah I personally spent the last 17 days
06:45in
06:45India where it was pretty warm if I have to say it myself and yeah I think I prepared as
06:53well as I
06:53could and and if somebody beat me because of the heat I cannot say I didn't do my best to
06:59prepare for
07:00anyway so yeah I want to run the max in espanyol alguien nadie well that's it thank you very much
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