Naturgas off the pace in Llodio

Naturgas uncharacteristically failed to put their mark on the Llodio Saria yesterday. The Torneo Euskaldun race saw Yelco of Caja Rural escape to take an impressive solo win, with the red team's best man being Aitor Ocampos in 12th, followed by Mikel Bizkarra in 13th. Jon Larrinaga finished up 20th, Efrén Carazo 22nd and Urtzi Legarra 25th.

The team was equally anonymous in Saturday's race in Mañaria, with Mikel Bizkarra being the only one to finish the race in a distant 12th place.