| Already in 198th place after losing five minutes in yesterday's stage (due to the crash near the finish), 2002 Giro winner, Paolo Savoldelli (Index-Alexia) did not start today's stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espaņa. Savoldelli had expressed he was only taking the start of the Spanish race to please his sponsors, but was in no shape to race for the overall at the Vuelta.
Meanwhile, Team Telekom announced yesterday that Savoldelli will race for the German squad for the next two years. |
