Izagirre and Landa in Avenir team

Orbea duo Mikel Landa and Jon Izagirre will both get the honour of representing Spain at the season's most important under-23 race; the Tour de l'Avenir. Won last year by a certain Romain Sicard, the stage-race is known as the Tour de France for the youngsters and has been the breeding ground for many of cyclings biggest riders. Izagirre and Landa, who will both join Euskaltel at the turn of the year, have through consistently good results secured their places in the line up, and will be accompanied by the strong Higinio Fernández, Caja Rural duo Jesús Herrada and David de la Cruz, and Super Froiz's Vicente García de Mateos.