Gil Takes It

Well, the Euskal Bizikleta 2006 has a winner, and it was all the way for Basque rider Koldo Gil.

It was also good to see Euskaltel-Euskadi taking a stage.

Here you have the news report from EITb:

Euskal Bizikleta 5th Stage

Gil crowned overall champion, Herrero wins final stage

David Herrero, rider of Euskaltel-Euskadi, won the fifth and last stage of the Basque Cycling Contest Euskal Bizikleta 2006. Teams departed from the Basque public TV headquarters in Iurreta, in the province of Bizkaia, to finish in Arrasate, in the province of Gipuzkoa, over 157.5km with seven mountain passes on the way.

Saunier Duval's Koldo Gil, who was first in the two previous stages, was second in the final stage at six seconds, becoming the overall champion in the general classification. Herrero himself and Jesús Del Nero (3 Molinos) won the second and third positions in the podium. Peio Arreitunandia (Barloworld) was two seconds late to get the third position in the general classification.

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