Euskaltel Euskadi announces Tour team

Euskaltel Euskadi has already decided on the nine riders that will start the 95th Tour de France on July 5 in Brest. The team of Miguel Madariaga will consist of Haimar Zubeldia, Samuel Sánchez, Mikel Astarloza, Rubén Pérez, Gorka Verdugo, Iñaki Isasi, Egoi Martínez, Amets Txurruka and Juanjo Oroz.

Euskaltel Euskadi is optimistic ahead of its eighth participation in the Tour. The last results in the Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour de Suisse have reinforced the morale of the orange team. Madariaga declared that the objective is to be "better than in 2007. Last year, we did a very good Tour, our team was compact and competitive. This needs to be the signal for this team, too. This edition, we start with dreams, we have a very strong squad. The Tour de France is a very complicated race, but we are well prepared. I don't want to give a concrete objective, but our aspiration has to be to be better than last year.

Igor Antón, who finished the Tour de Suisse in third place, is not part of the nine riders selected.

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