Mikel came oh so close to grabbing his first win in an Euskaltel shirt, and the team's first for the season, in today's second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía. Mikel was part of a 19-man break that got clear on the first climb of the day. Evans took the win out of that first group, with Mikel notching a brilliant 2nd only 4 seconds back. The rest of the guys didn't perform particularly well, except for Igor, who at first was a part of the break, and Jorge who came in with the first chase group. Igor was 26th, 4:05 back, while Jorge ended up 5:56 down in 35th place. Dioni, Aitor and Jon came in with a big group 18:27 in arrears, while Josu ended up 18:54 down on the winner. That leaves Mikel in a great 4th place overall, only 2:27 down on overall leader Clément Lhotellerie with three hilly stages left to go.
Did everyone see that Iban Mayoz got tenth today in the Ruta Del Sol. I know he is no longer with the team but its good to see former riders doing pretty well
ReplyDeleteYeah I saw it, good riding. But then it's not really surprising is it? Iban was always quite strong, and I'm sure I read in an interview with Madariaga that he was sad Iban had to leave the team...
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