Future uncertain for Orbea

Professional Continantal team Orbea`s future is still unresolved. The small Spanish team, known as Euskaltel-Euskadi`s farmer team, has enjoyed success on the Continantal-stage the last seasons, but due to a bad financial situation, the team might not be around come next season. Lack of sponsors is the reason to this mess. Orbea wants more financial support from Euskaltel, though, Euskaltel`s budget is not the biggest in the world, so that may not be possible. Finding new sponsors hasn`t been easy for Euskaltel`s farmer team, and the resolution may be that the team will cease to exist. Orbea has been very important for Euskaltel`s young generation, producing excellent riders such as Beñat Albizuri, Alan Perez and Ruben Perez, all riding professionally with Euskaltel now. Though the situation seems bad at the moment, there is still hope that Orbea will find the necessary money to continue racing. Euskaltel are also hopeful of reaching an agreement with Orbea, as the Euskaltel bord of directors are fully aware of Orbea`s importance to the new generation of Basque cyclists.