Astarloza all stitched up after crash
The Izagirre brothers ensured Euskaltel's performance on the second stage of the Tour Down Under was by all means a positive one, but there were less positive outcomes for a veteran duo of the team. Juan José Oroz and Mikel Astarloza were both taken out by a big pile-up six clicks from the line, and lost valuable time on GC.
Oroz eventually came in 33rd, no more than 1:09 in arrears, while Astarloza ceded considerably more. The winner of the 2003 edition of the race came in 5:26 back in 88th place, and, worse, needed to stitch up his elbow afterwards. Five were needed to fix up his wound, while Oroz was luckier and didn't need treatment, the team's website reports.
For Astarloza it would no doubt have come as a hard hit, having told El Diario Vasco the day before that he was coming off a winter of intense training.
"I've been training more than ever", he said, revealing he took three weeks off the bike after last season before resuming training in early November. "I have a packed calendar. In February I'll run "everything" in order to reach Paris-Nice, Volta a Catalunya and the Vuelta al País Vasco in top shape. It takes time for me to get into shape, so I need to get in a lot of kilometres. To start the season with a lot of races might therefore be good for me".
Astarloza's 2013 race schedule was revealed on Christmas Eve - check it out here.
The veteran former Ag2r rider hasn't won a race since 2009 or 2003 - depending on how you look at it - and the Pasajes-native is eager to expand his palmarès in the season that's just started.
"My objective is to win a race again, I want to win something again", he said. "I'd love to rediscover the form of 2009. I didn't manage to do that last year. My fall in the Tour, and the elbow injury that came with it, stopped me in my tracks and prevented me from going to the Vuelta a España in good shape.
"(All in all though), 2012 was a good year, but I missed the win and the consistency. The Tour crash left me feeling bitter. The Tour can save your year, but the opposite can also be the case. I'm left wondering what could have been", he concluded.
1 comment:
At wholesale charges The nike jordan Shoes
Would you need to have to obtain bargain wholesale Jordans footwear without strolling away from home? Proper in this article you do have a very resource where one can purchase your vogue items online.
Even though loads of trustworthy on the web retailers, you might uncover handful of merchants which provide wholesale a good deal of such things as T-shirt, denims, purses, timepieces, tones, garments, Nike jordan sneakers etc, but Cheerwholesale could be the just one. Paying for differs for every particular person. Folks, preferring so as to crosscheck the expense through the preferred items of quite a few retailers, who would wish to acquire many merchandise and in addition which commit tons of your time on acquiring, notice of course pertaining to this sort of low price trustworthy on the web retailers. The particular offer you in addition to the at wholesale rates charge inside the products is going to be pointed out wherever you could fully grasp the assortment you've held in deciding on from suppliers on the internet looking. You may even select the objects depending on the alternative of fees. While in the celebration that in any respect you may need a check out out the products measurement, the measurement and type chart' supplies the facts.
The actual arrivals with the refreshing points is furthermore featured to be certain that indicator up for the latest trend. There might be a reduction through the transport and delivery part within the party you buy for lots of amount or perhaps far more issues. Your see skill could be made use of once your getting is by, where you can start out to find out the acquired items as well as the quantity. You may also deselect an product before your repayment from your file. A retail store could possibly get the cardboard information too as expenses the quantity as well as can get the shipping details the place it can obtain sent in few of days working with the inserted you reside. But assure that you evaluate situations demonstrated in your shipping and shipping and delivery facts when in any respect for those who want to change or give back the product or service.
If you're performed with the hunting involved with at wholesale price ranges Nike jordan sneakers it is possible to understand that this may be the clever way with regards to purchasing from suppliers Nike jordan sneakers with out shelling out sizeable length of time inside of journeying fully for that appear. And i also recommend Cheerwholesale could be the better choice.
[url=http://logbure.lifestylebloggo.de/]air jordan online[/url]|
[url=http://www.homebasedbusinessnetwork.info/profiles/blogs/carry-moment-working-for-you-with-web-purchasing#.UQOBNx1woh1]air jordans cheap[/url]|
Post a Comment