Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Gunning for Getxo
















After last week's triumph in Ordizia, Gorka Izagirre and Euskaltel are back in action at the Circuito de Getxo-Memorial Ricardo Otxoa today looking for back-to-back wins on home terrain.

The route is similar to last year, covering ten rounds of a 17-kilometre circuit for a total of 170 clicks. Like last year, when 23-year-old Andalucía sprinter Juan José Lobayo emerged victorious in the 1.1-ranked event, the race will end atop the "wall" of Txomintxu-Arkotxa, a 800m climb featuring pitches of up to 14 percent. The ascent should suit Euskaltel's stand-out riders like Ion and Gorka Izagirre and Igor Antón to a tee, but that should also be the case for the likes of Movistar's Rojas and Visconti, Acqua&Sapone's trio of Betancur, Di Luca and Garzelli and Androni's precocious Fabio Felline - not to mention defending champ Lobato.

As reported earlier, this is the make-up of the orange team:
  • 81 - Igor Antón
  • 82 - Gorka Izagirre
  • 83 - Pablo Urtasun
  • 84 - Juan José Oroz
  • 85 - Peio Bilbao
  • 86 - Mikel Landa
  • 87 - Miguel Minguez
  • 88 - Iván Velasco
  • 89 - Alan Pérez
  • 90 - Ion Izagirre  
DS: Josu Larrazabal.

Here's Orbea's line-up, led, as ever, by Aritz Arberas:
  • 61 - Omar Fraile
  • 62 - Xabier Zabalo
  • 63 - Aritz Etxebarria
  • 64 - Mikel Bizkarra
  • 65 - Jon Aberasturi
  • 66 - Igor Merino
  • 67 - Haritz Orbe
  • 68 - Illart Zuazubiskar
  • 69 - Aritz Bagües
  • 70 - Carlos Barbero

The race is underway, and a quintet, including Orbea's ever-aggressive Mikel Bizkarra, currently hold a four-minute gap over an Euskaltel-led peloton. Click here to following the racing live

Photo: Iñaki Azanza

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