He Graduate Team starting to assemble their squad for the 2025 season, which will be the 33rd competing and training cyclists in the structure. Iker Gómez, Emilio García, Oskitx Egiguren and Markel González These are the first new additions to the Navarrese team, four riders who will make their debut in the elite and under-23 categories next year.
“There are four cyclists with different profiles that we will work on to make sure they fit well in the category. “Iker and Emilio have been leaders in the junior category and Oskitx and Markel have shown their good level in the Basque calendar and their ability to work for the group,” he highlights. Ander Altuna, sports director of the Finisher Team.
Iker Gómez (Alsasua, 2006) arrives to continue shaping the future of Navarrese cycling in the Finisher Team. Regional time trial champion in the junior category, he stood out in Quesos Albéniz with more than a dozen wins this season, including one stage in the Vuelta a Pamplona and two in Gipuzkoako Itzulia, with two second places overall. In addition, he finished in the Top-10 in the Spanish road and time trial championships and has international experience.
“I have been passionate about cycling since I was a child, enjoying all categories from school to here. The Finisher Team always gives me a lot of confidence and I will try to grow with a team that I know is doing well,” explained the young Alsasuarra cyclist.
Then a great step through the youth category will also come Emilio García (Beniarbeig, 2006) to the Finisher’s Team. Abulense by adoption and Castilian Leonese champion, he added podiums in Bizkaiko Itzulia and Vuelta a Extremadura and a Top-10 in Volta a Portugal, with stage wins in all of them, in addition to four other achievements of the past year wearing the color of Maguisa Guijuelo.
“I started in the cadets with my father’s old bike and I immediately got the bug to start competing. I came to the Finisher Team with a great desire to learn in a good academy, adapt to the category and continue to develop as a cyclist,” says Emilio with enthusiasm for the future.
Two Biscayan cyclists complete the first list of this news. Oskitx Egiguren (Bilbao, 2006) He was declared Basque champion in Zegama and winner of San Pedro Saria in Mungia in the youth category, standing out in the local calendar and in rounds such as the Vuelta al Besaya, Vuelta a Valladolid or Vuelta a Cantabria with Bake. Also, Markel González (Mugika, 2006) left sparks in the Basque youth calendar and showed his good level in Lierna or the Cantabrian Circuit with the jersey of Gastronomiabaska-Liftra-Rosmil.
Oskitx recounts that “after a few years dedicated to cyclocross, I returned to the road last year and now I come with enthusiasm and the desire to learn in this new category.” For his part, Markel recounted how his parents “always instilled in him a passion for cycling and now I’m living this experience with the goal of learning and helping the Finisher Team in every way I can.”
Then a great step through the youth category will also come Emilio García (Beniarbeig, 2006) to the Finisher’s Team. Abulense by adoption and champion of Castilian-Leon, he added podiums in Bizkaiko Itzulia and Vuelta a Extremadura and a Top-10 in Volta a Portugal, with stage wins in all of them, in addition in four other victories last year wearing the colors of Maguisa Guijuelo .
“I started in the cadets with my father’s old bike and I immediately got the bug to start competing. I came to the Finisher Team with a great desire to learn in a good academy, adapt to the category and continue to develop as a cyclist,” says Emilio with enthusiasm for the future.
Two Biscayan cyclists complete the first list of this news. Oskitx Egiguren (Bilbao, 2006) He was declared Basque champion in Zegama and winner of San Pedro Saria in Mungia in the youth category, standing out in the local calendar and in rounds such as the Vuelta al Besaya, Vuelta a Valladolid or Vuelta a Cantabria with Bake. Also, Markel González (Mugika, 2006) left sparks in the Basque youth calendar and showed his good level in Lierna or the Cantabrian Circuit with the jersey of Gastronomiabaska-Liftra-Rosmil.
Oskitx recounts that “after a few years dedicated to cyclocross, I returned to the road last year and now I come with enthusiasm and the desire to learn in this new category.” For his part, Markel recounted how his parents “always instilled in him a passion for cycling and now I’m living this experience with the goal of learning and helping the Finisher Team in every way I can.”
Source: La Verdad
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