Good Euskaltel performance in Hamburg

Euskaltel did a good job in the Hamburg HEW Cyclassics one-day Pro Tour event today. Aitor Galdos did an amazing job by managing to come in with the first group, consisting of only 22 riders, to claim an honourable 17th spot. Jon and Rubén also showed good form by coming in with the second group, only 5 seconds back, together with riders like Voigt, Beppu, Rojas, Wegmann and Visconti. Jon and Rubén landed the 27th and 29th spots respectively. Koldo, Dioni and Juanjo also did an okay job, coming in with a small group 1:19 in arrears, placing 63rd, 66th and 68th in the process. Alán Pérez came in a further 23 seconds down in 76th place. This strong team performance meant Euskaltel placed a good 7th in the team rankings. Though, Euskaltel is staying put in 15th place overall. Though, it's not all good news I'm afraid. Gorka crashed early on and had to abandon straight away. He left with a suspected broken collar bone. If that's indeed the fact with Gorka, it will take Euskaltel's tally of broken collarbones this season up to an unprecedented 13. It's not sure at the moment, but if he's broken it, he'll most probably be forced to put and end to this season already now. That would have been a shame, as Gorka has enjoyed his best season thus far in Euskaltel colours.