Galdeano happy with "promising" riders

Head of Euskaltel Euskadi, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, told el Diario Vasco yesterday about his hopes for the young riders in the team. "We have riders with a great future ahead of them in this team", he enthused. "We hope their talent will show in their results already this coming season." Igor will no doubt look to unpolished diamonds Jonathan Castroviejo and Romain Sicard, as well as former Footon-Servetto rider Beñat Intxausti, to come up with the goods already in their first season with the team. Beñat is said to be targeting the shortes stage-races this year, along with a possible ride in the Vuelta towards the end of the year. I'd love to see him in the Tour though, as the rider tagged the new Ibán Mayo a couple of years back (or was that just me?), has certainly got the climbing abilities to shine in the Pyrenees and the Alps, as well as assisting Samu in his bid for overall glory. And, as Beñat has said himself, he's old enough to debut in the race. He's 24, and last year did his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta. He did pretty well there I think, getting close to a stage-win and riding consistently over the three weeks. But sadly he's not short listed for the Tour this season, but there's always the future for this excellent climber who turned pro at the tender age of 20.