Samu 6th in Montréal

Samu showed he's bang on form for the upcoming World Championships by taking a splendid sixth place on the GP Montréal's demanding parcours today. The Olympic champ crossed the line nine seconds adrift of mercurial climber Gesink, while Haimar Zubeldia also made a strong case for himself being included in the Spain team by taking fourth. Gorka Izagirre gave colour to the race and protagonism to the team by being a member of the day's main break. Naturally they were reeled back in, but it was still a good day out for the impressive youngster. Castroviejo put on a decent performance through placing 40th at 2:02, while Rubén Pérez was just another 41 seconds back in 42nd. The quintet of Aramendía, Azanza, Minguez, A Pérez and Izagirre all abandoned underway.