Poor Tom Danielson. He gets injured going into his first Grand Tour, the Giro, in May and is forced to drop out. He gets another shot in the ongoing Vuelta a Espana. The team went in with no specific leader for the GC. Azevedo, Beltran and Danielson were to lead a multi-pronged attack and see who emerges. Along the way various teammates have abadoned. Hoste, Joachim and Van Heeswijk all went by the wayside. Azevedo had a bad day (accident I think) very early on and did not start today's stage. Then Beltran , suffering from a bad knee, dropped out today while in 7th place. Where's the Discovery powerhouse now? There is a pretty big difference between the 'A' team and the Lance-less 'B' team. Danielson, trying to finish his first 3-weeker, finds himself in a strong 6th place and left with only three teammates to help in along. The three are nice riders but not much better than average in the mountains. The guy has been left to the wolves for the next two difficult days in the mountains and two more moderately difficult mountain days. He keeps losing a little time each mountainous day but he is hanging tough. Congratulations to him if he grabs a top 10 in Madrid.