He Caja Rural-Seguros RGA presented this Tuesday, outside of Pamplona, his squad of 24 cyclists for the 2025 season with a major renovation of 10 new faces whose flag is hoping to surpass last year’s historic 18 victories.
The challenge of surpassing 18 victories and 3,580 points is the ambitious goal of a team that will continue its commitment to training and developing new values.
Up to ten new cyclists arrived at Caja Rural after the departure of important men heading to the WorldTour. From the elite and under 23 teams they support three mainstay numbers Javier Ibanez (The Basque Country), Alex Diaz (Basque Country) and Jan Castellon (Catalonia). With them, seven other cyclists in the upward trend and a projection that they hope to confirm in the ranks of the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA.
These are the Dutch living in Spain Alex Molenaarthe American Tyler Stitesthe Czech Jakub OtrubaPuerto Rico Abner Gonzalezthe Venezuelan Francisco Penuelathe Valencian Joan Bou and Catalan Sergi Darder. Besides, Aritz Baguesuntil last year director of the Caja Rural-Alea subsidiary, joined the group of first team technicians with José Miguel Fernández and Rubén Martínez.
He rest of the team It consists of the Basques Julen Arriolabengoa, Goka Sorrarain and Joseba López, Daniel Babor (Czech Republic), Abel Balderstone (Catalonia), Fernando Barceló (Aragon), Sebastian Berwick (Australia), Samu Fernández (Asturias), Jaume Guardeño ( Com. Valenciana), Calum Johnston (Scotland), Irui Leitao (Portugal), Joel Nicolau (Catalonia), Eduard Prades (Catalonia) and Thomas Silva (Uruguay).
Sports director Rubén Martínez assured that 2024 will be “the best year in the history of the team, something that is difficult to improve, but we have to come out with the motivation to at least equal it. His teammate, Aritz Bagües got ” “a very strong and exciting block.”
The goal is to improve the points added last year and be one more year the best ProTeamespañol team in the UCI points classification (24th) with a balanced block, with up to ten different nationalities, with half of its members for 25 years. or less than an ideal combination of seniority and youth.
The team does not have runners from Navarre, but it has youth players. Up to 11 came from their subsidiary or in other words, 45% of the total, so their commitment to young talent is total.
In its seventh season, Eduard Prades It seems important: “I think I can contribute that experience, points and quality.” EFE.
“I will devote myself to running the classicswhere I operate Also, I consider that I give calm and tranquility to young people, who come with a lot of information, and in the end you have to relax a little more, because that is when things work out best,” said Prades.
For his part, the 24-year-old Uruguayan, Thomas Silvahas started his second year in Pamplona: “We will face the second year with great enthusiasm and with the desire to go further to achieve some success for the team.”
Recently renewed until 2027: “Since I joined, everyone has given me enormous confidence. I feel very comfortable and very happy about this extension. They give you a very important step for cycling, a plus point.”
“We have a relatively young squad and the general level is higher. We hope to have a great year,” he notes about the rest of his teammates. The visible face of the project will continue to be Iuri Leitao. The Portuguese is celebrating his fourth year: “This will be a different year from the others, more focused on the road with slightly more important goals,” explained the 25-year-old cyclist.
“If I have, the responsibility is because I worked hard for it and I hope to reach the expectations. I don’t have any fixed goals and I want to see what I can do,” Leitao admitted after becoming the Olympic champion in Madison at the Paris Games 2024 .
Source: La Verdad
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