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The sports director of Movistar, José Luis Arrieta , lashed out hard against the decision of the commissioners of the Tour of Spain to promote the regrouping of the platoon after a massive fall, in the absence of 66 kilometers, in which the leader, Primoz , was involved Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and Miguel Ángel López (Astana), ranked fourth.
After the incident, Movistar, who has Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana in the other two positions of the podium, second and third overall, attacked and came to have a one-minute lead over the red jersey.
However, being a fall that had affected a large number of riders, the commissioners decided to facilitate the regrouping by allowing cyclists to protect themselves behind cars . A decision that outraged Arrieta, who at that time ordered his runners to stop.
"If the UCI decides who wins the races, perfect. But I do not share it," the Spanish team director assured Spanish Television that he also "planned to attack" a little later in "an open area" after "a down "and" cross a bridge "to take advantage of the wind.
The director of Movistar lamented the intervention of the commissioners and argued that in the Tour de France "nobody waited" for his team after "a fall of Valverde" .
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