Pais Vasco 6 : Mikel 6th in general

The last stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco was a 20km time trial. Mikel Astarloza didn't really do what I expected him to do, but an 11th place is still ok. With this result he became 6th in the general rank, a good performance. The time trial was won by Alberto Contador who also took the overall win. Second became Cadel Evans, third Thomas Dekker. Igor Anton became 27th and got a 13th place in the end rank.

Overall Euskaltel did a good job in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, with a win in the Mountains jersey with Egoi Martinez and a lot of attacks. Sadly enough there was no stage victory or a top three in the general rank :(

Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 29.10.00 (41.143 km/h)
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto +0.22
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank +0.27
...
11. Mikel Astarloza +1:29
27. Igor Anton +2:13
39. Egoi Martinez +2:43
60. Amets Txurruka +3:30
85. Jorge Azanza +4:11
95. Ivan Velasco +5:19
98. Iñigo Landaluze +6:11
99. Iñaki Isasi +6:26

General Rank
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 21.03.59
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto +0.30
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank +0.35
...
6. Mikel Astarloza +1:37
13. Igor Anton +2:41
43. Egoi Martinez +12:35
47. Amets Txurruka +14:45
72. Jorge Azanza +30:12
80. Ivan Velasco +37:45
84. Iñigo Landaluze +41:01
88. Iñaki Isasi +43:46