Fundación ride for Lejarreta

The Basque cycling community will turn out in their masses in Bilbao on Sunday to pay homage to fallen riders Víctor Cabedo and Iñaki Lejarreta, as well as campaigning for better rider safety on the roads.

An anticipated sizeable peloton will start out by the famed Guggenheim museum in downtown Bilbao at 10:00 am Sunday morning, and will ride to the death scene of Lejarreta in Iurreta, Durango - approximately an hour's ride. By doing this, the Basque cycling society hope to raise awareness of just how unsafe the roads are for cyclists, and as an end result hopefully get their point across to local politicians.

Euskaltel's website reports the Fundación's president and vice-president, namely Miguel Madariaga and Iñaki Zarate, Cabedo's girlfriend, Fundación employee and former cyclist Dorleta Zorrilla, Orbea DS Aritz Arberas and his riders Haritz Orbe, Igor Merino and Jon Larrinaga, Naturgas Energía DS Iñigo Urretxua and his young charges Imanol Estévez, Oier Sánchez and newbie Alberto Barrón, will all be present.

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