Orbea secure ride in Portuguese Tour
Orbea have impressively attained a slot for a six-man team in the prestigious Volta ao Portugal. The Portuguese Tour, which commences this Wednesday and runs through Sunday, is a high-ranked race stacked with strong (and too frequently doped) riders, so well done in getting a ride there. The team will send Mikel Ilundain, Noel Martín, Joseba Larralde, Aritz Etxebarria, Xabier Zabalo and Jon Izagirre. Speaking of the task ahead, DS Álex Díaz said: "We face this new challenge with desire. It's a different race to what we're used to, and the quality will be high. Add in some cobbled sections and it gets even harder. We'l try to be present in the break, be protagonists and win a stage".
2 comments:
Thought Portugal was sometime in August. Man, things change to fast for me.
And yeah, the Vuelta ao Portugal was the last race for the dopers. I always remember riders like Candido Barbosa who couldn't climb at all fly up the mountains in this particular race.
That has changed though in the past two years. Even this race is now somewhat more normal.
I agree with you, that race was a joke for several years!
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