Garcia latest Relax-GAM victim

27 year-old Jorge Garcia is the latest rider from Relax-GAM to hang up the bike rather than face unemployment in 2008. The team, which was a UCI Professional Continental squad for 2007 failed to complete the UCI's requirements to renew its license for the coming season after negotiations to keep GAM as title sponsor failed.

Garcia told the Spanish newspaper El Heraldo about his decision to quit racing. "It is a deliberate decision," said Garcia. "I would gladly come back, but there is no other choice. I leave at 27 years of age, which is too soon for me."

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