Koldo outlines 2010 objectives

Koldo has two clear goals for the 2010 season: winning a stage in the Vuelta and taking part in the Worlds in Melbourne. To reach those goals, Koldo will start his season in the Mallorca Challenge, before he goes on to the Volta ao Algarve. After that he'll take part in either Paris-Nice or his more traditional choise of the Tirreno-Adriatico. After that it's time for Milano-San Remo, before the Classics take the front seat, with Koldo pencilled in for Roubaix, Vlaanderen and Ghent-Wevelgem. "I've done those races for a few years now, and I like both the parcours and the atmosphere. The team wants me to do either the Klasika Amorebieta or the Vuelta a Castilla y León though, so we'll see", he's quoted as saying. The one-day races GP Llodio and Vuelta a la Rioja are next up, before the Tour de Picardie will close his first part of the season. He'll skip the Tour this year, and will instead focus on the Vuelta. To arrive at the start-line in Sevilla on top form, he'll do the Vuelta a Burgos and the Circuito de Getxo. He'll hope to close his season by taking part in the Worlds in Geelong, Melbourne, as Freire's right-hand man on the mainly flat route.