Remember, Beñat Intxausti, who refused to hold the Spanish flag when offered it as a stage winner of the Vuelta, is a teammate of known Franco fan José Joaquín Rojas. They have even been part of the same training group back in 2010-11 at least. It's possible to coexist, but it doesn't make Rojas' Franco fandom any less wrong.
*your mileage on Basque nationalism may vary and so interpretations of pro-Basque actions will differ, but there can surely be little doubt that in the year 2014 Spanish people supporting Franco is alarming and problematic.
*your mileage on Basque nationalism may vary and so interpretations of pro-Basque actions will differ, but there can surely be little doubt that in the year 2014 Spanish people supporting Franco is alarming and problematic.