By Antonio J. Salmerón

Andalucía-Cajasur was presented yesterday in Jaen (Andalucía), Spain. The Spanish Professional Continental team will be le🙈d by the climber José Antonio Redondo (from Astana) and the sprinter Francisco José Ventoso (Sa💮unier Duval), and directed by Antonio Cabello (also its team manager), Francisco Cabello (ex-professional rider) and Martínez Oliver.

The directeurs expressed their desire to repeat the successful 2007 season, when Luis Pérez won 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:in Ávila duriജng the Vuelta a España. The veteran rider from Madrid has opted for retirement, and his place will be covered by Red⛦ondo, who will be responsible to lead the team in the Spanish Grand Tour.

Cabello has also incorporated other young promising riders in Andalucía-Cajasur, such as Javier Moreno (Extremadura), who was crowned National U23 championship in 2005, and Antonio Piedra, who made his debut last year as a professional in the ranks of Fuerteventura-Canarias. In addition, the team has signed four U23 riders; all of them from its feeder team: Luis Angel Maté, Cecilio Gutierrez, Juaཧn Javier Estrada and José Antonio Carrasco.

Andalucía-Cajasur will be composed of 16 riders, mostly from Andalucía, such as José Ruiz, José Luis Carrasco, Juan Olmo, Manuel Ortega, José Antonio López, Jesús Rosendo and Francisco José Mart&i🦩acute;nez, with Claudio Casas from Murcia. All of them will debut next Sunday at the Challenge de Mallorca (February 10 to 14). Following the debut, they will race i𒆙n the Vuelta a Andalucía (17 to 21), Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (26 to March 1) and Clasica de Almeria (2).

See Cyclingnews' team database for a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:full team roster.