Grijalba and Insausti picked for Spain

Former Naturgas prodigy Fernando Grijalba and Basque hotshot Jon Ander Insausti were both selected by spanish national coach José Luís De Santos to take part in a national team training camp starting tomorrow, BiciCiclismo reports.

De Santos picked eleven sub-23 riders, ten juniors and fourteen women for the get-together lasting from Wednesday through Sunday. Grijalba, who left Naturgas for Caja Rural this off-season, actually hails from Castilla y León, leaving the versatile 19-year-old Insausti, who's equally adept in the mud and on the road, Euskadi's sole representative.

Former Euskaltel and Banesto stalwart Ramón González Arrieta, famous for his quite epic fight with Leonardo Sierra at the '95 Vuelta, is responsible for picking the women, and the Bilbao native found place for seven Basques: Christina Alcalde, Dorleta Eskamendi, Irene San Sebastián and Ane Santesteban among the elite riders, along with juniors Ziortza Isasi, Lierni Lekuona and Lourdes Oyarbide.

Overview of selected riders:

Sub-23: Ramón Domene, Dario Hernández, Jon Ander Insausti, Victor Martín, Jon Ander Insausti, Diego Rubio, Ignacio Pérez, Fernando Grijalba, Sergio Angulo, Mario González, Antonio Pedrero and Carlos Antón Jiménez.

Junior: Daniel Alonso, Iván García, David Casillas, Gonzalo Serrano, Sergio Domínguez, Cristian Torres, Miguel Sáez, Borja Carracedo, Juan Camacho and Antonio Portela.

Women: Elena Lloret, Lucía González, Belén López, Anna Sanchis, Elisabet Bru, Alicia González, Ziortza Isasi, Lierni Lekuona, Lourdes Oyarbide, Sheyla Gutiérrez, Christina Alcalde, Dorleta Eskamendi, Irene San Sebastián and Ane Santesteban.