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A rest day on 4-wheelers

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Published on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 18:10

Written by Luca Salvatelli

It was a distinguished day for the FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI riders in the 97th Tour de France, as the squad had a rest day –the second in this year’s Grande Boucle- way different from the normal activies in such moments. The five riders from the Gold Generation still active in the French race –Eros Capecchi, Arkaitz Durán, Alberto Benítez, Aitor Pérez Arrieta and Rafael Valls- visited on Wednesday morning the Pau-Arnos racing circuit, where the official presentation of the ‘1974 Porsche 3LRS 1974 cars sponsors by Footon and Servetto was held, as the team embarks on an adventure including famous historic car competitions, such as the French championships or the Le Mans Classics.

The Gold squad’s riders and staff could get known to the vehicle’s specs by the explanations of drivers Jean-François Coin and Xavier Louis, and also had the opportunity to try some one-seaters owned by the circuit, including some F-3 cars that gave the riders a chance to relax from the usual pressure inside the races. The UCI ProTour’s youngest squad also did some laps to the circuit on their bikes, so as not to lose their muscular tone in the eve of the last Pirenaic ride in the 2010 Tour, to be held on Thursday over 174 kilometers from Pau to the Col du Tourmalet, also featuring the famous Cat. 1 climbs of Marie Blanque (km. 56) and Soulor (km. 117).

Mayoz is picked up to San Sebastián

Despite the previous choice to leave on this morning the hospital in Vielha where he had been moved into after Sunday’s crash during the trek to Ax-3 Domaines, Basque rider Iban Mayoz was eventually picked up in the late evening on Tuesday to a medical center in Lleida. The lung affection –a double hematoma in his right hand side- suffered by Mayoz after fracturing three ribs increased in the afternoon and the doctors supervising him advised to move him to the Arnau Hospital in the Catalan city, from where he’ll be taken today to a medical center in San Sebastián, so as to continue with his recovery on home soil, after a brutal crash that didn’t avoid him to conclude the first Pirenaic stage.