Izagirre strong in Asturias

In the Vuelta a Asturias Gorka Izagirre is proving himself to be a good small stage race rider. The morning stage of only 82 kilometres ended in a sprint with Euskaltel doing a good job in it with 4 riders in the top 20: Ruben at 6, Iñaki at 13, Javier at 17 and Gorka at 19. All this was preceeded by Juanjo Oroz putting the team in a comfortable seat during the stage as he was in the early break of the day. The second stage of the day was a 14 kilometres time trial, not Euskaltel's favourite subject, but with a 13th spot Gorka Izagirre defended the honour of the team well, with a nice 10th spot overall at the moment. Unfortunately Pierre Cazaux didn't start in the time trial, for reasons unknown at the moment.

Stage 2a

1. Robert Förster (UnitedHealthCare) 2:06:01
2. Sergey Shilov (Russian Fed) ST
3. Manuel Anton (Burgos 2016) ST

• 6. Ruben Perz ST
• 13. Iñaki Isasi ST
• 17. Javier Aramendia ST
• 19. Gorka Izagirre ST
• 22. Pablo Urtasun ST
• 44. Juanjo Oroz ST
• 48. Pierre Cazaux ST
• 64. Daniel Sesma

Stage 2b

1. Stefan Schumacher (Miche) 17:27
2. José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar) +00:04
3. Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthCare) +00:08

• 13. Gorka Izagirre +00:40
• 34. Juanjo Oroz +01:06
• 38. Iñaki Isasi +01:14
• 40. Pablo Urtasun +01:17
• 54. Daniel Sesma +01:28
• 59. Ruben Perez +01:33
• 95. Javier Aramendia +02:27