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• The seven riders that will represent the squad in January's Tour Down Under, plus Koldo Fernández, Amets Txurruka, Jonathan Castroviejo and Romain Sicard, concluded their nine-day Costa Blanca training camp this past Wednesday.
• Aitor Hernández finished a splendid second in today's Euskadi Cyclo-Cross championships. The soon-to-be former Euskaltel rider was only beaten by Egoitz Murgoitio.