Management

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) - ESP

The team from the Basque Country perfectly represents the passion for cycling of the people from northern Spain and fans wearing the team’s traditional orange colours can always be seen at the side of the roads cheering the Euskaltel riders.

Samuel Sanchez has become the team leader at Euskaltel in the last two years thanks to his spectacular style of racing. He won five UCI ProTour races in 2007 and was competitive throughout the season, giving him ninth overall in the UCI ProTour individual rankings.

In 2008 Sanchez hopes to do even better in the tough UCI ProTour spring classics such as the Amstel Gold Race, while the highly reliable Haimar Zubeldia will lead the team in the major stage races.

Igor Anton will also play a key role in UCI ProTour races after his stage victory in the Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour race in 2007, while new signing Egoi Martinez brings his experience and consistency from the Discovery Channel team. The key new signing from the Euskaltel development team is Javier Aramendia.