Ardanza hints at continued backing

Chief of telephone company Euskaltel, José Antonio Ardanza, today revealed he's planning to continue the sponsorship of the team. Euskaltel's current agreement with the Fundación Euskadi comes to a close at the end of this season, but Ardanza sounded optimistic on behalf of the team's future. Though he didn't reveal in what way the company will continue to back the team, it's obvious they will in one way of another. "I want to make it clear that Euskaltel will continue to support this project", he said in a speech at today's get-together in Zamudio. "But I want the other sponsors to prolong their involvment and I want more sponsors on board". That's pretty much all he said on the matter, before adding that he hopes to see "the extremely popular" Euskaltel on the podium in Paris.