Losada and Rasmussen lament stage 19 loss

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) (Image credit: Sirotti)

Caisse d'Epargne's Alberto Losada looked to be in a good position to give his team their only win of the 90th Giro d'Italia on stage 19 when he made the winning break and rode off the front of the move with the eventual winner Iban Mayo, but the 25 year-old was left behind with 20 kilometres to go and finished more than four minutes behind the leaders in 54th place.

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