Alessandro Verre has stepped onto the Vuelta podium to wear the polka dot jersey, after conquering the only mountain grand prix of the day in the inaugural stage: "It's great to wear this jersey - Verre said in an interview with Paolo Colombo - but in a grand tour you have to live day by day. I've won this jersey but I know that already today it will be difficult to maintain it given the first mountain finish. An Italian stage win today? Why not, yesterday when I rejoined the group I spoke with more than one of our compatriots and many told me they're aiming for stages in this Vuelta, so... And of course I'm thinking about it too because this is one of our team's objectives".