Team Orbea BTTs new incorporation Absalon

By Monika Prell

The Spanish mountain bike team Orbea BTT signed the Olympic champion, French cyclist Julien Absalon. Absalon is currently the best mountain biker in the world and at the age of 26 he is already one of the best in the history of this sport. He won the world championships consecutively in the past three years. In 2006 he was successful in the French, the European and the world championships and also the world cup. He commented to todociclismo.com that having signed for the Spanish team means "a new challenge in my career. I'm very motivated."

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