Four losses for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

By Antonio J. Salmerón

Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears' Francis Lafargue has revealed that four riders will not return to the Spanish squad in 2006. Eusebio Unzué told Velo-club "We have four losses: Iker Leonet, Mikel Pradera, Cayetano Juliá and Jose Luis Carrasco." Lafargue also said that, "at the moment, Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears has not signed any other rider." The Frenchman affirmed that Óscar Pereiro will continue with them: "We had great results and it is not necessary to introduce many changes".