Roster for National Champs

Euskaltel will send a disappointing number of riders to the Spanish National Championships in Albacete the coming week-end. Only two riders, that being Jonathan and Aitor Hernández, will take part in the time trial champs on Friday over a taxing 36,2 kilometres. With Euskaltel's well-documented struggles in the discipline, why don't they ever send more riders to the race? It would be good practice, and some of them could easily grab top 10 placings. As for the road race, 14 riders will line up. Of those 14, Igor and Beñat are the two most likely to be in the mix for the jersey due to the hilly parcours of the race. Alongside the duo will be Egoi, Gorka, Koldo, Amets, Miguel, Pablo, Alan, Rubén, Iñaki, Aitor Galdós as well as Jonathan and Aitor H.

Gladly Romain will do the road race as well as the time trial in Chantonnay, France. Given that he's all alone against big French teams desperate for the added attention the Tricolour-jersey brings them, the odds are fairly stacked against Romain in the road race. But then again Romain is no stranger to beating the odds. Watch this space.