Euskaltel strong in GP Indurain

Euskaltel put in a very strong team performance in today's Gran Premio Miguel Indurain - XLII Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra, to say it by it's full name. As expected Joaquín Rodriguez won the race ahead of Valverde, but Euskaltel did their very best to stop him in his tracks. In the hilly one-day race both Jorge Azanza and Iván Velasco were on the attack early on before Igor made a strong, late dash for the win. Unfortunately he was reeled back in with only 1 click to go, but still the team managed to put three riders in the top 10 courtesy of Rubén's highly impressive 5th place, Beñat's 6th and JJ's 9th place. Iván, Amets and Egoi were also in there, grabbing 13th, 14th and 18th respectively. Igor came home in 40th place, while Alan was 43rd, Mikel 46th and Jorge 72nd. Awesome all-round performance by the guys! Naturally the team won the team classification.


Orbea were quite active through Mikel Ilundain and Adrián Sáez de Arregi early on, but the youngsters had nothing left for the finale. Mikel Landa was the best placed in 33rd place, whilst Jon Izagirre was 70th. Andoni Blázquez was 86th, while Adrián Sáez de Arregi and Ricardo Garcia were the last two to cross the line in 88th and 89th respectively.