Essor Basque stage 2

Naturgas' young charges were again forced to play second fiddle to their French counterparts in today's second Essor Basque stage. Damien Le Fustec grabbed the win from a small group, while a big group coming in seix seconds back included Barbero in 14th, Larrinaga in 16th, Merino in 35th and Ocampos in 36th. Chetout, Garcia and Grijalba finished up in the last group a further six minutes adrift.