News – Win for Carthy at Vuelta a Asturias

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Preston’s Hugh Carthy has won the UCI 2.1 Vuelta a Asturias in Spain after setting up the victory on stage 1

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News – Win for Carthy at Vuelta a Asturias

To measure the importance of a victory, you only need to look at who a rider beats and for the North West’s Hugh Carthy, the riders finishing behind him were very good indeed. On Monday, Hugh Carthy was crowned overall winner of Vuelta a Asturias with teammate Sergio Pardilla joining him on the podium as runner up.

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Carthy paved the way for his first GC win by winning the queen stage of the race in front of Pardilla on day one.

Hugh Carthy: “I wanted to win the first stage on El Acebo. We thought it was possible and therefore, we worked very hard that day. I knew that I had to attack to gain time on my rivals before the last two days. I’m glad it worked out.”

“It’s always difficult to control a race. I had a bad moment on the climb yesterday but to win a race, you have to be able to overcome such moments. I suffered but you always have to suffer in order to win”.

The next race for Carthy and Caja Rural – Seguros RGA is Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid, which takes place this week from the 7th-8th of May.

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