There are current 6 Spaniards in the first 10 of the race. The political commentators are still chasing their own tails over the election of a new leader to the Socialist party - and Felipe Gonzalez has been making comments once again. El Mundo has some of the in fighting on its front page. There is continued coverage of the tragic coach accident in Soria on Thursday in which 28 lost their lives - 24 of them children. Today the papers report that the lorry's tachograph has been recovered and that from it the speed should be able to be ascertained.
Some papers report that the lorry's co-driver who survived remembers nothing of the crash.
El Mundo has an exclusive and reveals that the company which was insuring the lorry was going to cancel its cover because of the large number of problems with the vehicle. However the cover was in force at the time of the accident. El Pais has front page coverage for a new surgery technique in the treatment of tumours. The process leaves no scar and the patient can usually return home in two days. The equipment needed for the process costs 1,600 million pesetas.