Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013)
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Euskaltel–Euskadi (UCI team code: EUS) was a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain, Europe. The team was commercially sponsored, but was also partly funded by the Basque Government until the end of 2013, with riders either from the Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, and the French Basque Country, or who had grown up in the cycling culture of those regions:[1][2] This policy was abandoned to enable retention of World Tour status. Its sponsor was Euskaltel, a Basque telecom company. Euskaltel–Euskadi was famous for its all-orange team kits. Whenever the Tour de France passed through the Basque Country many spectators lined the route dressed in the team's orange or the colours of the Basque flag. The Euskaltel team also has a second team inside the "Fundacion Euskadi", this team rode in a continental category, the name of the team was Orbea. This team was created with the aim of forming the young cyclist before going to the Euskaltel–Euskadi.
Team information | ||
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UCI code | EUS | |
Registered | Spain | |
Founded | 1994 (1994) | |
Disbanded | 2013 (2013) | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI ProTeam | |
Bicycles | Orbea | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
Team manager(s) | 2009: Josu Larrazabal 2014: Miguel Madariaga | |
Team name history | ||
1994 1995–1997 1998–2013 | Euskadi-Petronor Equipo Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
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