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"I wanted to compete again in Catalunya, a race that I've always liked, especially after not being able to get the stage victory waiting in the Tour of Romandie.

Switzerland finished the race with the flu and that forced me to stay a few days home from training and taking antibiotics.

Then I started to train in a first time quite soft, to finish making it more intensively in recent days.

I think my condition is acceptable and I'm eager to see how I am really.

By having a very difficult stage, this race will give me the opportunity.

It is clear that I would dispute the Volta, like every race I take part, but after this little stop, I first of all go slowly gathering pace.

Then everything will depend on how the race unfolds and the level of opponents, which would be good considering the fact that we are in a ProTour race where there will be more riders motivated to try to win.

Today I've done well in a very technical course with some rolling hills that were perfect for me.

I missed the victory by one second, but from the mountain begins tomorrow and will be another story. "

The rider from Murcia of Caisse d'Epargne group, Alejandro Valverde, not scored the first stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, a lap of 3.600 km for a single second.

The Norwegian Thor Hushovd was the fastest.

"This course, very technical was well suited to my characteristics," said Valverde after getting off the podium in Lloret de Mar. "It's a shame that a broker has been faster than me, also for a second, but equally I am satisfied he never expected to go so close to victory.

After suffering from flu last day of the Tour of Romandie, has yet to improve a lot my condition.

We'll see how I am on the next steps will be very hard. "

For his part, Oscar Pereiro, who finished fourteen seconds behind the winner, was very optimistic: "Today I have not done anything wrong but took no unnecessary risks on the downhills.

They could win big time but also lose a lot and I never ventured more than they should.

I am very pleased that my condition is improving daily.

I rested a bit after the classic before returning to train more intensively.

I still have to pick a point where I want to go.

I hope the Tour will give me this possibility and be almost 100% in the Dauphiné Libéré. "

Source: Agencias