In an interview published on the website of Footon Rafa marks its targets for 2011.
VALLS AND LOOK AT 2011 One of the great revelations of the year rushes their last days in FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI before launching the jersey of the new Geox-TMC, with which he hopes to repeat his brilliant debut in the Tour.
The Alicante Rafael Valls became one of the revelations of the English cycling in the 2010 season after a sensational curdle Tour de France, which spent several days on the run and got a second in the stage of Les Rousses . Such merit allowed her to travel to Paris on Tuesday to be with the rest of the expedition-FUJI-SERVETTO FOOTON in the presentation of the French round of 2011. Valls says "proud to have been able to sit in Paris with the best in the world pack and be regarded as the organizers of the Tour. Honestly I was surprised by the invitation, I had never expected. I wanted to meet Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre he and I have conveyed a good feeling, "he says.
Cocentaina running back, having recovered from physical exhaustion box stopped him from competing in the Tour of Spain, begins training these days as normal. His sudden season finale was the end point of a campaign full of ups and downs: "It's a shame, because 2010, the year that passed the ProTour, it had to be just the first year I had injury. Overall it was a season of contrasts: I started off well, with the victory in St. Louis, but then came the injury in Langkawi and the coup in Romandie, which prevented me to pay up to the Tour of Switzerland. There and I felt good, I play the tour stop, but in the end it ended badly and I could have given more. " For Valls, "rather than victory in San Luis or breaks in France, the best time of the season for me is the day I know I'll ride the Tour, and especially, the arrival in Rotterdam with all the atmosphere had and during the race. Those days were very beautiful. "
Looking to next season the height of the new targets and the arrival of experienced colleagues focused the attention of young English: "It is clear that Denis and Carlos are very experienced people and I have to take advantage and learn as much from them in this new season. My goal is to start out on returns of an important week, as Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, from the beginning of spring, and then try to be on the Tour team. The aim here is, first, supporting Sastre and Menchov, and then try to see what my level can be alone. "
This interview has had an impact on several websites of cycling, both nationally and internationally.
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