In any which way you'd like to analyse the Caisse d'Epargne season, no one could have missed the sudden demise of Isaac Galvez. The worthwhile sprinter, who also had quite a few successes on the track, lost his life at a "company accident" on the Gent track in Belgium. It's sad that this accident prone rider, which he was a bit, died after crashing. Many times he survived death defying crashes, but this time the likeable Galvez never got back on his custom made carbon bike. May he rest in peace.


With that heavy inheritance the riders from the French banking-squad need to charge themselves...