Friday, May 13, 2005

Euskaltel's Woes

There is an update about Alberto Lopez de Munain at Cycling News today, and it does not look good.
The hope is that by the end of the coming week, he will be well enough to be flown from Italy to a hospital in his hometown of Vitoria-Gasteiz. There, he will continue to receive treatment on his punctured lung and various broken bones. Head honcho, Miguel Madariaga, tells us that there is still some worry about the state of his lung. His collarbone, says Madariaga, will "require exhaustive tests to ascertain the extent of the damage and it will be a few days until we know how Alberto's situation will evolve". The good news, is that the worst seems to be over.
As if it was not enough, another team member, really struggled yesterday.
The team received a further shock on Thursday when David Lopez, who had been on the attack on that day and that before, came down in the last 10 kilometres of the stage. David seemed to try and get himself up and back on his bike, but immediately found himself incapable of doing so.
Hopefully the team will be able to get back on track, and well, maybe all of this is just a test so they can prove themselves at the Tour de France.

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