Samu 10th in Paris-Nice prologue

Samu did well to claim 10th in a tight prologue in Paris-Nice today. He only conceded 15 seconds to winner Lars Boom, and even fewer to overall candidates Luis León Sanchez, Contador and Leipheimer. Beñat also did very well to come home 25th, only 27 seconds back. That's better than Valverde, Coppel, Larsson and Vande Velde to name a few, so hats off to him. Romain did okay to claim 55th place, 36 seconds back, while Gorke ended up 69th, 41 seconds down. Koldo was 118th, at 57 seconds, Egoi a disappointing 154th, 1:17 back, Mikel was 160th at 1:19, and finally Iván ended up a distant 166th, 1:29 down. Not good overall, but with Samu, Beñat and Romain doing well, it was an okay start to the race for the team.