Merino third in GP San Antonio

Newly-crowned Euskadi under-23 time trial champion Igor Merino placed a strong third in yesterday's Gran Premio San Antonio in Valle de Mena. The rouleur is in a rich vein of form at the moment, but had to settle for the last place on the podium after Jon Pardo of Seguros Bilbao and Mauricio Muller of Azysa Cetya Conor proved too strong on the day.