Landaluze on the offensive

Iñigo Landaluze showed his form is intact with a long breakaway in today`s third stage of the Vuelta a Murcia. On the 146 km stage from Puerto Lumbreras to San Pedro Pinatar, Igor Antón tried to break clear early on, but was caught by a hard-chasing peloton. Though, after an hour of intensive racing, Iñigo broke clear with José Angel Gómez Marchante of Saunier Duval and Julian Sanchez of Relax-GAM. The three fought bravely to increase their advantage, though, with such big-hitters as Iñigo and Marchante, the peloton let them only get a miximum lead of 2:40. The three were eventually caught with no more than 5 kms to go, setting up for a grand-stand sprint-finish. None of the Euskaltel riders got in the mix in the sprint, but all but Unai Uribarri finished inside the main peloton. Currently, Haimar lies 11th overall going into the penultimate and potentially race-deciding TT tomorrow. Watch out for Haimar....