Excellent team performance helps me to a podium spot

“On the penultimate climb our guys hit the front and they were pushing hard with the intention to gain some seconds on the following downhill. We succeeded in shaking off dangerous riders like Rujano or Pozzovivo who lost ground and finished one minute behind. The team worked perfectly today and I have to give words of appreciation to them, “he said.He tried to attack on the last ascent with 300m to go. “I knew that it was going to be hard to beat Cunego so this is why I went on the attack. I´m content with the third place anyway. I have better legs than I had last year at this point of the season when I was falling behind considerably and I wasn’t even sitting among the 50 riders overall. Now I´m quite happy but the crucial moments of the race are yet to come in the next two stages. I´m trying to stay focused and I believe that everything will turn out well,” added Roman who was wearing the green jersey for the best climber but wasn’t able to defend it. “It is not my priority in this race,” he said.2nd stage: 1. Damiano Cunego (Ita/Lampre) 3:59:30, 2. Carlos Betancur (Col/ Acqua&Sapone), 3. Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana), 4. Eros Capecchi (Ita/Liquigas), 5. Francesco Reda (Ita/Acqua&Sapone) +3.General classification: 1. Mathias Frank (Swi/BMC) 4:15:20, 2. Roman Kreuziger +3, 3. Betancur +7, 4. Marco Pinotti (Ita/BMC) +9, 5. Cunego +10, 6. Reda +16.