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Castrillo: “A tribute to Manolo Azcona”

Pablo Castrillo (Kern Pharma): “No, I don’t realise. It’s an amazing victory, it’s unbelievable. It’s for the team and for the staff.The breakaway was very hard to make. The other guys were very strong. I was nervous for the finale but I decided to attack on the flat and it led me to the stage victory. I thought about attacking with 7 or 8 kilometres to go but I saw the other guys looking at each other so I went with 10 kilometres. It really is a very special day. I can’t believe I’ve won in my first Vuelta a España. I dedicate this win to my team, to my family and above to all to a very special person, Manolo Azcona, who unfortunately passed away last night. I thought about him the whole stage, to win as a tribute.”

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