Fuerteventura-Canarias ready for team presentation

By Antonio J. Salmerón

The Tourism International Exposition of Madrid (FITUR) will host the presentation of the Fuerteventura-Canarias Pro Continental cycling team for its official presentation today.

The new Spanish squad is composed of 17 riders and directed by Oscar Guerrero, formerly of Kaiku. It will make its racing debut in the Challenge de Mallorca from February 1 to 15.

Fuerteventura-Canarias will be led by 2005 winner of the Volta do Portugal David Bernabeu. Vicente Ballester, David Belda, Jose Adrián Bonilla, Mikel Artetxe, Oleg Chuzhda, Javier Cherro, Dailos Diaz, Iker Flores, Manuel Lloret, David Muñoz, Adrián Palomares, Antonio Piedra, Javier Ramirez, Eladio Sanchez, Iker Leonet, and Rodrigo Garcia join him.

For a complete roster of this and other teams, visit Cyclingnews' Teams Database for 2007.