Naturgas off the pace in Pielagos

Naturgas failed to shine in Friday's Trofeo Virgen de Valencia. The Copa Ibérica one-day event in and around Vioño de Pielagos in Cantabria, saw the following riders line up: Unai Martínez, Álex Bibao, Mikel Martioda, Alberto Guinea, Fernando Grijalba, Efrén Carazo and Carlos Barbero. Of the seven, only the latter three actually managed to finish the race. Grijalba finished a distant 39th, two and a half minutes down on winner Jesus Ezquerra, while Barbero was 57th and Carazo 78th. Martioda was quite aggressive early on in the race, though, and got into a few ultimately unsuccessful moves.