GP Llodio off

The Gran Premio Llodio will not go ahead this season, according to Biciciclismo.com. As reported last week, the organizers were having trouble coming up with enough money to stage the one-day race, and a decision has now been taken to suspend the only professional race in the Álava region.

La Sociedad Ciclista Llodiana, who put on the race, will stage a press conference this coming Thursday explaining their reasons for calling off this year's edition. Whether the GP Llodio, won in 2009 by Samuel Sánchez, will return next year, is at the time of writing unknown, but the organizers are likely to shed some light on that particular issue in two days.