Saunier Duval next?

As the news that Iban will leave Euskaltel this season broke, it seems highly likely that he will join the Saunier Duval-Prodir outfit. The Cantabrian team, directed by Joxean "Matxin" Fernandez, have shown an interest in Iban, and talks are due to be held in the next few days. "They have made a big offer, and the team believes in me. That is important", Iban has said of Saunier Duval. Though, he said it was hard to leave his home team, but that the "internal code" he had to sign, couldn`t be accepted. It was not the money that made Iban leave, they had agreed on the economic issues, but it was this code that contains rules for public appearances and public behaviour. According to Madariaga, head of Fundacion Euskadi, everyone on the team had to sign this "internal code", though Iban wasn`t so sure of that. More on the "internal code"-controversy later.