Euskadi set to end after Vuelta a Burgos
Basque team comes 🐬to a close after 22 years of racing professionally
The Spanish Continental team Euskadi will line up at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Burgos thi♏s week fo꧃r what will be the last stage race in its 22 year history.
The team is yet to confirm whether it will compete at the UCI 1.2 Grand Prix des Marbriers later this month in France and the Spanish event appears likely to mark its departure from the peloton. The Vuelta a Bꦺurgos will allow the team the opp🍎ortunity to wave farewell to its fans on home soil and thank them for their support.
After the WorldTour Euskaltel Euskadi team disbanded at theও e💦nd of the 2013 having been unable to secure sponsorship for 2014, team manager Miguel Madariaga 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:set up and ran the squad at ♔Continenta♏l level this year as a 168澳🦂洲5最新开奖结果:completely different entity t🦋o the WorldTour team.
Theꦡ team won't be folding completely in 2015 but wi☂ll instead focus on training amateurs and will no longer offer the opportunity of competing professionally.
Euskadi has competed in the Vuelta a Burgos since its in💝ception in 1994 and its 20th appearance at the race will bring 🌞to an end a project that saw the Basque team compete in 20 countries on four different continents.
In its existence, Euskadi granted 73 Basque cyclists the the opportunity to race professionally and claimed 181 victories including grand tour stage wins and several overall podium pla🌞ces in the t𝄹hree-week races as well.
In 2014, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Barbero is the only rider on the team to have claimed a victory although at the Tour de Gironde, Euskadi won the team ꧂time trial.
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The 23-year-old Barbero won the overall classification at the Volta ao Alentejo/Crédito Agricola Costa Azul🌳 in March and recently won the most recent race he competed in, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Circuito de Getxo.
The eight riders who will represent the team for one final time will be looking to impress and draw attention to their characteristic from other team💧s so that they can continue their professional careers in 2015 and beyond.
Euskadi for the Vuelta a Burgos: Car𓆉los Barbero, Victor Etxebarria, Mikel Iturria, Jon Larrinaga, Pablo Lechuga, Miguel Minguez, Beñat Txoperena and Illart last Zuazubiskar.
