After a slightly dissapointing first, Banco Nacional didn't want to continue as a main sponsor, luckily, team manager Dev got in touch sponsor of the giant ex-team, ONCE-Eroski who wanted to get into cycling again and after some impressive results in our first year, the decision wasn't hard to for the former giant, ONCE-Eroski.

As you might know, ONCE-Eroski has a long record in the cycling world in the past, both from good and bad. The teams biggest sportive achievemt was when Roberto Heras won the Vuelta in 2004, two year years laiter, Alexandre Vinokourov repeated the huge accomplishment.
But it was then the scandals started to appear at ONCE-Eroski.
In 2005, Roberto Heras tested positive for EPO in an urine sample which he had taked during the 2005, which he also had won and he got stripped of what could've been a record breaking fourth win of the Vuelta.
On 2 June 2006, the team got a new primary sponsor, namely Astana. Liberty Seguros - Würth and ONCE-Eroski was done in the cycling world for good, they thought.

cunego59 wrote:
Wow, very pink I can see us clashing in one or two goals, so prepare for a few nice battles

Scorchio wrote:
We're definitely going to clash over some of those goals - should be fun! Will be interesting to see if the couple of remaining CT team from 2013 have an advantage as the season progresses as they at least have a starting core of riders, and of course a full years worth of experience! Good luck in the new season (just not too much, especially when racing in Colombia ).

While I thank you for the interest, we feel releasing TJ Slagter for M Sanz would be a very unfortunate deal for us, while Sanz is decent rider, he has nowhere near the talents which TJ Slagter holds. We must also say Cobblers aren't high on our priority list this year so he wouldn't fit into the team structure either. But with this said I must say a deal certainly could be made around both riders if we reach our transfer targets and we both reach an agrement in the transfer season, but a straight swap is very unlikely indeed.

dev4ever wrote:
@Cio

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	CO	SP	ACC	FT	DH	PRL
68	79	73	68	73	78	74	51	52	62	71	59	68

Nation	Spain
Age	34
Wage	€ 350,000

The experienced spanish climber is a essential signing for us. He will be vital in completing many of our goals. He will be the absloute team leader everywhere he race and we also hope he will be a massive points scorer for us and lead the team in the battle for promotion.

David will be our absloute team leader for 2014. He cost us a fair bit of money, but in return he is expected to fight for the win in all the races he will take part in. He will be our man to count on to complete our goals aswell.

Carlos was a bit like a late move for us. After failing to sign spanish veteran climber, DanielMoreno, we had to look elsewhere for potential co-leaders. Carlos is expected to lead everywhere where Arroyo isn't present and hopefully bring in a few nice wins on the way.

Like Carlos, Jaroslav was a bit like a late signing, after missing out on several other targets. And likewise to Carlos, he is expected to lead in the mountain races where Arroyo isn't present and since I got a decent kick aswell, he might feature in a few hilly races aswell. He also known to be fearless down the hills.

Deiber is also known to be a fearless man downhill. He already showed that last year when he used his brilliant downhill skills to decide the tough mountain stage-race, Jelajah Malaysia. Deiber will also get his chances during the season, but will also be a luxury-domestique delux for David in the hardest mountains.

Nazar is our leader in the hilly classics and our only rider who is specialising in that area. Nazar will lead our team in all of the hilly races we are racing and might co-lead by Jaroslav's side in some, although Jaroslav is best when it comes to longer climbs.