Samu impressive in ITT in Murcia
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Samu Sánchez showed surprisingly good early-season form in today's time trial in the Vuelta a Murcia. The penultimate stage of the five-day event saw each rider tackle a hilly 23 km course. Mikel didn't perform to expectations, sadly, as he came home a distant 28th. But Samu certainly did. He's not supposed to peak in about 4-months time yet, so an 11th place in an ITT, beating TT specialists like Karpets, Colom, Nozal and Blaudzun, is a sign of stregth. He's obviously improved in the discipline over the years, so I'm expecting a lot from him come July. Overall the team did okay today; the progress in time trials is slow, but it most certainly is steady. Stage results:
- 11th, Samuel Sánchez, 0:48
- 28th, Mikel Astarloza, 1:43
- 31st, Iñaki Isasi, 1:45
- 50th, Jorge Azanza, 2:33
- 51st, Josu Agirre, 2:44
- 58th, Iván Velasco, 3:04
- 73rd, Jon Bru, 4:04
- 80th, Koldo Fernández, 4:12
2 comments:
Mikel has falled down to the floor at the begining of the stage. That's the reason for his time.
Sorry about my english.
Greetings from Bilbao.
Ah, I see, thanks for the info. I suspected something had gone wrong...
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