Millar on 2011 Vuelta: "modern-looking and very challenging"

David Millar, Vuelta a Espana 2010, stage 20

Britain's David Millar believes the 2011 Vuelta a Espana's route could easily catch out the unwary as it heads into some of the most remote areas of the country.

Speaking to Cycling Weekly after the presentation of the 2011 Vuelta race, the five-times Vuelta stage winner and race leader way back in 2001 said "it's a classic new-wave Grand Tour style with a lot less time trialling and a lot of potential for ambushes."

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