Quiet day at the office for CSC

Unlike Vinokourov and Liberty Seguros in Spain, Team CSC weren't out to make any statements in yesterday's penultimate stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali, but directeur-sportif Alain Gallopin is pleased with the team's progress.

"The weather was good and it turned out to be a fairly quiet day for us," said Gallopin on team-csc.com. "We had Peter Luttenberger in the second group and also Jakob Piil is showing definite signs of progress, which is very positive."