Enric Mas has now racked up as many podium finishes in the Vuelta a España as Primoz Roglič has overall wins, but the Movistar team leader admitted it was not the result he was looking for.
He was able to distance Roglič on some climbs and mountain finishes but only finished third overall, 3:13 down on the Slovenian, and 37 seconds down on second placed Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R).
“I’m feeling exhausted after several energy-sapping days,” Mas said, “Before the TT I had the feeling that I could do better, but I quickly realised in the opening kilometres that this wasn’t going to be my stage.”
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