Iban to go for stages

Even though Iban has had to deal with a niggling knee-injury for some time now, causing him to abandon the Paris-Nice and the Vuelta al País Vasco recently, the Saunier Duval management don`t seem to have any doubts over Iban`s state of form and health. Many have been asking questions over Iban`s form and how his lack of races building up to the Giro would affect his performance. Though, commenting on Saunier Duval`s Giro d`Italia roster recently, sports director at Saunier, Pietro Algeri, said of Iban: "(...)and Piepoli or Mayo can win stages with difficult climbs". That`s good news for all of us Iban fans, as I guess their sports director knows what he`s talking about. I doubt he would have said that if Iban was in the same form as he was when abandoning País Vasco, huh?