Fränk Schleck: I've come to win the Vuelta
Luxembourger says he is improving daily
Fränk Schleck still believes he can win the Vueltꦫa a Espana. The Saxo Bank rider used his climbing skills over the weekend to move up to seventh on GC, 2:48 down on leader Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo).
His sixth place finish on Saturday's 14th stage moved him from 10th to sixth place. He finished sixth on the stage, only 35 seconds behind winner Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha). He was one of the few riders able ꦍto follow the atಞtacks of Rodriguez, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia).
"My form is improving day-by-day, and the podium and even the overall victory is still within reach,” he told politiken.dk.
"I understand that ✃many must have previously been reluctant about my chances since I came here to the Vuelta after a break o🦩f eight weeks on top of my crash in the Tour de France.”
"I am moving towards my best level again,” he sa📖id. “I am 𝓀full of confidence. I've come to win the race.”
Schleck was one of the victims of the Tour's third stage over the Belgian cobbleᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstones. He returned to racing at the Vattenfalls Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, the middle of August, but had t🅺o abandon that race. He has been named to lead the three-man Luxembourg team at the Worlds in Melbourne this fall.
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