Saturday, December 19, 2009

Cardenas consistent at Giro


Team Barloworld's Felix Cardenas went into Tuesday's Giro d'Italia rest day sitting a comfortable 15th in the general classification after yesterday's second individual time trial. The 12.9km uphill time trial between San Viglio Di Marebbe an Plan De Corones, saw Cardenas, who has been riding a strong and consistent race, finish 17th.

Italian Franco Pellizotti, from Liquigas, clinched stage 16 and Spanish Tour de France champ, Alberto Contador, from Astana, still has the overall lead. CSF Group - Navigare leads the overall team standings, while Barloworld is 16! th.