Banyoles opens GP Massi International Catalan Cup

Current World champion, World Cup champion, and Olympic Champion Julien Absalon will appear in his new team Orbea Mountain Bike Team colours for the first time in competition this Sunday at the opening race of the GP Massi International Catalan Cup in Banyoles, Girona, Spain.

He will be joined by the rest of the Orbea squad, which is spending this week in the area. Among his teammates will be 2005 European champion Jean Christophe Peraud, Spanish champion Rubén Ruzafa and former junior world champion Iñaki Lejarreta.