Euskaltel-Euskadi name their Vuelta shortlist

Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was a deserving winner on the Zoncolan.

Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was a deserving winner on the Zoncolan. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Euskaltel-Euskadi has named a strong squad of riders to support Igor Antón’s bid for victory in the Vuelta a España, which starts in Benidorm on August 20. Winner of two stages in last year’s race and one in this year’s Giro d’Italia, specialist climber Antón will be among the favourites for the title over what is an extremely mountainous course.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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