Greig Leach

Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) has been riding an agressive Giro, and today's Queen Stage was no exception. Sanchez had jumped free of the breakaway on the ascent of the Colle del Finestrie, followed only by the Shimano neutral service vehicle. Suddenly he sat up, stretched out his back and legs and started soft pedaling. He apparently had been told to wait for his team leader, Miguel Angel Lopez who was struggling a bit on the early slopes of the Cima Coppi. Given the way he was riding, he seemed a shame to pull the Spaniard back when the team has yet to win a stage in the 101st Giro d'Italia.