Roberto Heras Time Quotations

I wasn't looking for either the stage win or the lead, more to open up a time gap on the other favorites.

Today's stage was probably less difficult than that of yesterday. We let a breakaway go and the team has worked very well, and with a lot of discipline behind. No day is easy, but today our rivals probably paid a bit for the beating that they gave to themselves yesterday, because at this point of the race, it is difficult to recover a bit more. These two stages were the major obstacles that we still had, although there are still two more stages left, plus the time trial. Roberto continues to look very good to me, and he comes to the chrono with an advantage that will allow him to do it with more tranquility.

I still feel good, it's true, but Menchov hasn't failed and it looks like he hasn't done anything. I still have morale and even though I wanted to cut the time differences, I came to the Vuelta to win and I will keep trying.

It's a race I rode just once but I liked it very much. It's a very nice race. I think it has a very demanding mountainous part, then the time trials are not too long. It's a race I liked the year I went.

Its a race I rode just once but I liked it very much, ... Its a very nice race. I think it has a very demanding mountainous part, then the time trials are not too long. Its a race I liked the year I went.

It's the first time I've seen people waiting outside my home, ... but we're accustomed to this type of news generating more news than the sport. I am serene because I have nothing to hide. I train every day and I don't have to take dope to become better.

The key has been the time trial in Lloret, where the first part favoured me and there were no differences, but in the second, Menchov extracted time. Then, he defended itself very well in the mountains, though these climbs were not excessively hard and a strong guy can't be dropped.