Sastre tests the legs before Lombardy

Team CSC's Carlos Sastre tested his legs before Sunday's Giro di Lombardia in today's Giro del Piemonte. The 176 kilometre long Giro del Piemonte was decided by a group sprint, but up to that point, Sastre had put his mark on the race when the peloton split half way through the race. Murilo Fischer won the race in a bunch sprint.

"A group of seven riders got away on the hardest climb of the race, and Carlos was really flying," said CSC's team director Kim Andersen on team-csc.com. "They didn't manage to keep the peloton behind, but it was a good test before the Tour of Lombardy, where I believe we have a good chance of ending the season with a good result."