Good prologue by Euskaltel

The whole Euskaltel team did a quite good prologue today in the Paris-Nice. Samu Sánchez was the best placed Euskaltel rider, coming home in 23rd place, 9 seconds adrift of victor David Millar. Further on, Mikel Astarloza placed 33rd, 11 seconds back, on the same time as Andoni Aranaga, who came in 42nd. Markel Irizar came in 55th, 14 seconds adrift, Rúben Pérez 59th, 15 seconds adrift, Gorka Verdugo 66th, 16 seconds back, Alan Pérez 72nd, 17 seconds behind and Iban Velasco came home in 158th place, 37 seconds back. This solid racing landed Euskaltel a 10th place in the team rankings for the day.