The Hitch said:1 Franco Pellizotti- Divorced
2 Emanuele Sella - Beheaded
3 Gilberto Simoni - Died
4 Alberto Contador - Divorced
5 Riccardo Ricco - Beheaded
6 Jose Rujano Guillen - Survived
few weeks later he did this in switzerland and he was in bad shape that whole year:
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.00.22.82 (24,848 km/h)
2 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15.73
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.17.25
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.53.29
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.26.20
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.34.96
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.48.46
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.08.06
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.19.53
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.74
he also did pretty ok in tour of germany that year where he finished 6th in final gc
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 4.42.54 (37.75 km/h)
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.16
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.50
5 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 1.13
8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
9 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47
12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
13 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 1.58
14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 2.31
this was 2008, he returned to venezuela for an increidble amount of money to ride for gobernacion del zulia and truly changed his ways there. 2009 was the best rujano I've ever seen. 2010 started well but when isd didn't get invited for giro rujano soon left uninspired but returned strong in colombia only to face sergio luis henao...