Former Relax-GAM rider, Óscar García-Casarrubios, has signed with the Spaniard Murcia-AMPO for 2009. Having spent this year with Supermercados Froizon in the Galicia region of Spain, the 24-year-old will return to the professional peloton having raced for the now-defunct Relax pro squad for two seasons – 2006 and 2007.
García-Casarrubios performed well this season, winning the Vuelta a Galicia, the Vuelta a la Comunidad Aragonesa and the Vuelta a Coruña, in addition to a third-place finish in the Vuelta a Salamanca overall classification.
