The problem with Movistar and Kern Pharma both being linked to Lizarte is that it might dissuade top juniors from signing with Lizarte when they notice that people like Abner González and Vinicius Rangel have bypassed the intermediate step at the ProTeam level and got opportunities straight at the World Tour. Now, González seems thus far to have been absolutely worth it, but you can't help but think looking at how Arrieta was doing last year, and especially how well he's adapted to pro races so far this season, whether Abarcá wouldn't have been better served getting Kern Pharma to pick up Rangel (since he was in the Valverde team which is also affiliated to Abarcá so this was still a promotion and shouldn't have been problematic, whereas Abner had been riding for Azysa-Telco'm and would therefore have been available on the open market) and signing El Hijo de Arri to themselves directly - especially as the signing was done before Arrieta Senior was removed.