Orbe and Iturria shine

Team Euskadi continue to make waves both domestically and internationally these days.

At the Vuelta a Madrid last weekend, Haritz Orbe finished third on the first stage and closed out the race in second overall - only beaten by Czech Petr Vakoc.

Iturria, on his part, took a strong seventh on Wednesday's first stage proper of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta. The hilly stage was taken out by Marc-Christian Garby, while Iturria came in 2:18 down.

Orbe, Barbero and Aristi all came in more than 20 minutes in arrears.