Giro 16 : Lander out

The bad luck for Euskaltel doesn't stop. In the 16th stage of the Giro we got a climb time-trial. This was too much for Lander Aperribay and he finished together with 6 others out of time. The others didn't do much better because the first Euskaltel to finish was Alan Perez on a 75th place, 5:41 down on winner Franco Pellizotti. He won todays stage after he beat the once again surprising Emanuelle Sella with only 6 seconds. Simoni, Contador and Ricco were the favourites that did the best today and that results in a top three of those three riders. Contador is still in the Maglia Rosa.

Results
1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 40.26 (19.142 km/h)
2 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.06
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 0.17
....
75. Alan Perez +5:41
82. Josu Agirre +5:56
97. Ivan Velasco +6:38
105. Dionisio Galparsoro +6:48
119. Markel Irizar +7:52

General Rank
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 68.47.31
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.41
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 1.21
...
62. Ivan Velsco +1:09:02
72. Alan Perez +1:24:38
73. Markel Irizar +1:25:12
116. Dionisio Galparsoro +2:11:57
142. Josu Agirre +2:53:55