Piepoli: "Victory was my objective"

Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval)

Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) (Image credit: Sirotti)

Leonardo Piepoli finished Lagos de Covadonga second behind the 2007 Vuelta a España's new leader, Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne). The 36 year-old Italian sought to add another stage win in a Grand Tour to his year's tally, the last one being stage Giro d'Italia's stage to Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia. Unfortunately the little climber from Puglia was in a group of GC favourites that were concerned more with marking each other then pulling back the lone Russian.

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