Liberty gets in amongst it

Liberty Seguros went on the attack in today's stage, placing three men in the main break of 21: Koldo Gil, Rene Andrle and Dariusz Baranowski. All were eventually caught by the hungry peloton, with Gil surviving until 5 km to go. "The cooperation wasn't good during the whole stage, because nobody wanted to work with Bettini," said Gil. "It was not in the best interests for Liberty Seguros-Würth, neither for Liquigas and Lampre. It was a nuisance that he was in front."

Gil said that he attacked "because I knew that while Bettini was there, we were not going to succeed, so I sought to create a smaller group, which had the possibility to stay away." But it didn't succeed: "No, I was not lucky in the final kilometres, but I felt good and I am satisfied with my work. Now I must think that the Giro is still very long and that I have to recover from these efforts."

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Join now for unlimited access

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1