Orbea sign Bagües

Orbea have announced the signing of 21-year-old Aritz Bagües. The Gipuzkoa native will leave the highly-successful Bidelan-Kirolgi outfit to give it a shot with Orbea as of next season. The strong climber has put on a number of strong performances this year, not least when placing second to a certain Pello Bilbao in the San Isidro Sari Nagusia one-day race back in May. He's reportedly been studying technical engineering up until this year, but will now hope to make it as a professional cyclist with Euskaltel eventually.