Caisse D'Epargne motivated for nationals

Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne)

Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) (Image credit: AFP)

Team Caisse d'Epargne will field riders at the start of the road national championships which will take place in Cuenca, Spain, and in Aurillac, France, Sunday morning.

The Spanish riders will be extra motivated after taking first and second in their national time trial earlier this week. New national time trial champion Jose Iván Gutiérrez and silver medallist Luis León Sánchez will take part in the road race, together with David Arroyo, Imanol Erviti, Vicente García Acosta, David López, Alberto Losada, Oscar Pereiro, Aitor Pérez, Fran Pérez, Ruben Plaza, Vicente Reynes, Joaquím Rodríguez, Alejandro Valverde, Constantino Zaballa and Xabier Zandio.