zondag 20 april 2008

Amstel Gold Race : Galdos 31th

It was quite a colourless day for the Euskaltel riders in the Amstel Gold Race today. With 50 kilometres to go Egoi Martinez attacked twice but he never really got away. There were constantly one or two riders from Euskaltel in front of the peloton but when the race really started no Euskaltel was to be seen. Nine riders battled it out for the victory and it was Damiano Cunego who beat Frank Schleck in the sprint. Sprinter Aitor Galdos came in on a 31th spot, 1:55 down. Mikel disappointed with a 41th place. All the others finished the race, except for Javier Aramendia.

Results
1. Damiano Cunego LAM 6:35:29
2. Frank Schleck CSC
3. Alejandro Valverde GCE +0:02
...
31. Aitor Galdos +1:55
41. Mikel Astarloza +2:06
54. Egoi Martinez +2:43
98. Jorge Azanza +7:42
99. Iñaki Isasi +7:42
100. Juan Jose Oroz +7:42
107. Ruben Perez +8:07
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4 opmerkingen:

  1. Anoniem21 april 2008 om 20:07

    Well, without Sanchez in this kind of races it is a difficult story of course, Mikel is not shaped for this little Dutch hills. Ain't surprised actually by this performance.

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  2. Lizzard456721 april 2008 om 20:41

    But Sanchez can't ride everything :p I wish Euskaltel had some more good one-day racers for in our countries :x

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  3. Anoniem21 april 2008 om 22:47

    Yeah, indeed. But the nice thing about Euskaltel is that they do it with what they have, and not buy and sell riders all over the world.

    Consequence is that the team is not the strongest team of the ProTour, but I do not care.

    (Though some more victories would be good of course!)

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  4. Lizzard456722 april 2008 om 06:32

    Yeah totally agree (y)

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