Mikel Astarloza in 2007

It was Mikel Astarloza's first year with Euskaltel and it has been a great one ! He really showed himself as a good stage-race rider. He became 10th in the Vuelta a Valenciana, 18 in the Tour of the Basque Country, 21th in the Tour of Romandie, 7th in the Dauphine Libere and 19th in the Eneco Tour. But of course his best result was in the Tour de France where he became 9th in the general ranking, due to some great time trial work and staying strong in the mountains. He also had some good results in one day races like a 4th place in Llodio and a 6th place in Getxo. A great year, but next year I hope he will be able to get a victory somewhere.

Valenciana : 19-48-30-16-28 => 10
Paris-Nice : 37-53-78-55-54-42-55-46 => 38
Indurain : 44
Basque Country : 25-19-27-25-27-13 => 18
Primavera : 23
Gold Race : 72
Fleche Wallone : 47
Liege-Bastogne-Liege : 38
Romandie : 72-15-100-28-26-33 => 21
Llodio : 4
Dauphine : 20-85-25-42-18-39-6-20 => 7
Tour : 14-96-57-62-93-35-116-21-23-66-25-82-10-12-14-21-54-27-10-41
San Sebastian : 6
Eneco tour : 109-22-65-100-81-95-52-15 => 19