Murgoitio excels; Hernández repeats

Egoitz Murgoitio once again proved to be Aitor Hernández's nemesis this afternoon at a Spanish Cup-race in Cantabria, www.biciciclismo.com reports. The Hirumet Taldea rider once again came out tops in Puente Viesgo, beating (or is that crushing?) the Orbea rider by a big 1:08. Isaac Suarez of Bio Racer closed out the top three, while Aketza Peña - still struggling to rediscover last year's form - came home 2:17 in arrears in sixth place.

A noteworthy name on the start list was road race Óscar Pujol. The former Cervélo and Omega Pharma rider is still searching for a team for 2012 (as far as I know, anyway), and finished up in 27th place.