(Pic from Yahoo! News)
Third Grand Tour is a charm for Danilo DiLuca. After much promise for a great performance in the Giro and the Tour de France Danilo DiLuca came up short. Illness and bad form made DiLuca’s attempt to improve on his 2005 magical year impossible. Today “The Killer” took control in the Vuelta’s first mountain top stage finish.
DiLuca showed great climbing form as most of the favorites lost time to the little Italian. Sastre, Valverde and Danielson lost up to a minute. Damielson did not look very strong as he was bested by teamates Beltran and Janez Brajkovic.
Of course it is still very early so anything can happen int eh Vuelta, but for now at least DiLuca looks to have some confidence back.
This month also looks to be a good month for Liquigas. With Garzelli and Nibali winning races, DiLuca has added to a month of good results for the Leeky-gas squad.