Bilbao and Merino take out Euskadi Championships

It was a successful Euskadi Championship for Naturgas this week-end. Not surprisingly Igor Merino powered to the time trial title by beating Eneko García and Asier Penabad. Pello Bilbao repeated the trick a day later by taking second to former Orbea rider Igor Romero in the road race and thus, since Romero is now an Elite Category rider, becoming Under-23 champ on the road. Romero was really in a league of his own yesterday and won solo on a small group by a big 1:39, the group being led home by Pello.