The sixth stage of this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico has already secured a place in the history books as one of the most demanding stages of all times. Christian Knees acknowledges as much on his website, describing Monday’s gruelling stage as one of the toughest he has ever ridden.
“The stage on Monday,” Knees writes, “was one of the most brutal stages I have ever ridden. It was up and down all day on ramps of up to 30%,” he claims.
Even though overall victory eluded Chris Froome, Knees was satisfied to see his team captain take second place behind defending champion, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), in the “Race between the two Seas”.
“What remains is 2nd place overall and we came quite close to winning. We can be very satisfied with that. At the end of the day we delivered as a team and we’re on the right track going into the challenges awaiting us,” states Knees whose next task as a domestique will start on Monday as the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya gets under way.
The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will also see Bradley Wiggins return to active racing after a prolonged period of playing hide and seek on a series of training camps. That means more hard work as a cycling bodyguard for Christian Knees.
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