Nicolas Roche Vuelta Diary: 'It was good for the morale to be back in the mix and on the podium'

Nicolas Roche finishes third on the second stage of the Vuelta

Nicolas Roche Vuelta a Espana Diary

Saturday, August 22: Team Time Trial Puerto Banus to Marbella (7.4km)

Because our team hotel was an hour away from this evening's team time trial route along the beach and the times taken on the stage wouldn't count towards the overall classification due to safety concerns, we didn't do our usual time trial route recon this morning, instead opting for a two hour training loop around our base in Malaga.