Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) has expressed his frustration with the finale to the Trofeo Serra Tramuntana, sustaining that the ultimate descent into Lluc was an pointless and dangerous addition to the course.
The Russian was talking after his second close to miss in as many makes an attempt on the Problem Mallorca. After being outsprinted by James Shaw on the Trofeo Calvià on Wednesday, he needed to accept second behind Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Dstny) in a three-up dash right here.
“I want to say that it’s a shit end. Why do you do it on a downhill? It’s only for nothing,” Vlasov instructed Eurosport afterwards. “We went the final 5km with out pedalling, and what race is it? Make it within the climb, no?”
Vlasov had sparked the profitable transfer with a fierce acceleration on the climb of Puig Main, bringing Van Eetvelt and Brandon McNulty (UAE Crew Emirates) with him, and that trio constructed a lead of virtually a minute on the preliminary drop to El Gorg Blau.
After a brief false flat, the highway descended once more for an additional 5km or so into Lluc, and Vlasov questioned its inclusion on the course, stating that the terrain would have been treacherous for an even bigger entrance group.
“It doesn’t make sense. If you happen to noticed the final 5km, we actually went down with out pedalling in order to not take any dangers,” he mentioned. “However think about if we there have been ten of us going full fuel simply to suicide ourselves.”
Vlasov had no complaints concerning the race’s final result, acknowledging that he had allowed himself to be outmanoeuvred on the ultimate nook forward of the dash.
“I used to be good within the climb, however I made a giant mistake within the end,” he mentioned. “Perhaps I waited too lengthy, they usually simply closed me into the obstacles. However the legs had been good, and that’s a very powerful factor.”
Vlasov has made a quick begin to his third season with Bora-Hansgrohe, and he will probably be among the many favourites for subsequent week’s Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, a race he gained in 2022. The 27-year-old is about to be a key a part of Primož Roglič’s guard on the Tour de France in July.
