‘Far off the level we hoped for’ – Movistar boss Eusebio Unzué pulls no punches over Enric Mas’ Giro d’Italia team leader struggles but hopeful for final week breaks

Longstanding Movistar team manager Eusebio Unzué has delivered a characteristically direct analysis of the disastrous performance by his team’s top Giro d’Italia GC rider Enric Mas in the battle for the overall. However, Unzué’s also insisted that the 31-year-old Spaniard has the chance to fight back in the third week for breakaways at least.

Speaking in the newspaper AS, Unzué has also emphasised the need for patience with Mas, given his lengthy recovery process from a complex operation needed to cure his thrombophlebitis that he suffered last summer.