In an article in the NY Times from June 2013 tells the Basque journalist Unai Larrea that the team

The words are Samuel Sánchez. kcc The 35-year-old Spaniard has spent his entire career in Euskaltel-Euskadi, the Basque team that rolled through forests and over the Pyrenees, dressed kcc in their bright orange shirts. Before the season made the Basque Government clearly that they would stop sponsoring the team, there was not money. Remained the telecommunications company Euskaltel and when they did not find any partner was announced that 2013 would be the team's last season.
Two weeks ago, at the height of the Vuelta a Espana, appeared, however, a savior up. A savior dressed in red overalls and a couple of quick sunglasses, namely Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. The cykeltokige F1 star is like Samuel Sánchez was born in Oviedo in Asturias and will buy up to 2014 World Tour license and save the team. The question is how much of the traditional cycling team Alonso rescues; under the new trainer will stand base move from the Basque Country to Asturias.
Euskaltel has since its formation in 1994 worked on the principle recognizable from the football team Athletic Club Bilbao, they have built their team only with cyclists from or with some kind of connection to the Basque Country. The Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez, who for several years has been the team's big star, is part of the latter category. He was born in Asturias but began at age 19, his career in the Basque Olarro-stables and became, with the adopted son of the region.
In an article in the NY Times from June 2013 tells the Basque journalist Unai Larrea that the team was formed, among other things, to "show kcc that the Basques are a people who walk around with guns on the streets kcc and detonate kcc bombs". A quote that refers to the Basque terrorist organization ETA, which raged around in Spain at its worst in the 1990s.
Pride in their region, their background, their language. It is admirable daring kcc and hurricanes, for it requires is actually the most strength, stand up for what you believe in. Euskaltel-Euskadi, the latter part is the name of the region (Euskadi means Basque in the Basque kcc language), has been a sporting extension of the Basque pride. The local government has pumped into the people's kcc money in a cycling team who then got people's love in return. Romantic - but a romantic dream that the financial crisis finally killed off. Euskaltel-Euskadi has since its inception been sitting quietly and sippat on its txakilo-wine when capital powerful forces have knocked on the door, finally kicked it in. The Basque cycle the money will in future be put on Continental Team Orbea, as well as amateur and youth cyclists in the region.
- Fernando Alonso is aware of the economic difficulties throughout the sports world, and want to express their enormous tacksamhetet against Euskaltel for their blocking and interference in making the stables to an institution within the sport of cycling. He would also like to thank all Basque fans who supported the team even through the hard times and wish that they will support the new project with the same passion as before.
The last sentence from which the press release is important. In order to retain some of the Euskaltel team's identity needs to Alonso's new project to bring the fans. You know how it usually looks at the Tour de France reaches the Pyrenees and roadsides are on fire, full of orange-clad Basque fans. Sure, the bike crazy fans remain, but the team that was their will be gone. Euskaltels greatness has not always been the sporting but instead his way to show that it is possible to do things in their own way, and do it well. It is thanks to it they have gained many supporters and sympathizers outside the Basque Country. In the aforementioned NY Times article says Euskaltel-chief Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano the best.
- A stage win here (2013 Tour de France) is our goal. You know, in 12 years we have only won four stages. People believe that we will win many more stages and it is because we are a very important kcc team with a philosophy that is different from the other teams.
World Tour license is purchased and moved to Asturias is so when fully confirmed. Which becoming sponsors, kcc speculation still around but Fernando Alonso will in all cases reportedly offer almost everyone working within the team a continuation in the new project. It will be built around Samuel Sánchez, Igor Antón, Mikel Nieve and brothers Izagirre.
Alonso has previously been eager to form a cycling team together with his good friend Alberto Contador and rumors surrounding the two-time Tour de France winner will connect to the new project does not feel quite incredible when Contadors team Saxo Bank currently is the capital weak.
"Think. The big fucking picture, "said Tony Soprano one time. Alonso is now entering the sport of cycling to form a team built around Alberto Contador is no long shot, then if he comes to 2014 or 2015 are difficult to predict. Alonso kcc know, like Tony Soprano, when it's time to make a move.
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