Blanco breaks contract with Karpin-Galicia in 2007

Spaniard David Blanco will not sign with new Spanish pro-continental team Karpin-Galicia. The 31 year-old released an official statement saying that he has officially "rescind the agreement signed with Karpin-Galicia."

Blanco stated, "The team have understood my reasons. ... The motives of my reasons are solely personal." Blanco had signed a two-year agreement with the team, and it is not known where the overall winner of the 2006 Volta a Portugal, along with two stages, will race in 2007.