Euskaltel showing strength in Romandie

Euskaltel once again showed what a strong team they`ve got in today`s third stage of the Tour de Romandie. Though none of them were able to figth for the win, as a three-man break went all the way, Euskaltel`s four aces for this race, Amets Txurruka, Haimar Zubeldia, Igor Antón and Mikel Astarloza, all came in with the first part of the peloton. Igor was 25th, Mikel 28th, Amets 30th while Haimar was 31st, all at 3:51 adrift of winner Bono. The four other Euskaltel ridera placed:

• 108th, Gorka Verdugo, 6:52
• 128th, Iñigo Landaluze, 6:54
• 145th, Jon Bru, 8:41
• 148th, Aitor Galdos, 14:52

Overall, the four "main"-men for Euskaltel in this race are all within 40 seconds of leader Savoldelli, so watch out for all of them on tomorrow`s queen stage.