Teams & Riders Putting the fun in Fundación Euskadi: The Euskaltel and Laboral Kutxa thread

[pastronef]

The new bikes for Euskaltel, Laboral Kutxa and Fundacíon Euskadi (the U23/devo team is no longer called LK) have been revealed, and they are, as you can see in this low-resolution screenshot of the thumbnail of an Instagram video, mainly white. They've also managed to accidentally tag some random guy called Mendiz in the post, so perhaps he'll suddenly get more followers.

what a train crash of management and marketing this sport sometimes is. shameful. absolutely laughable

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Paul Effing Hennequin!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902587601288097937

View: https://x.com/euskaltelteam/status/1902587601288097937

 

[tobydawq]

Paul Effing Hennequin!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902587601288097937

View: https://x.com/euskaltelteam/status/1902587601288097937

It's like the Pogi bow in a full sprint.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's like the Pogi bow in a full sprint.

Also some Ewan/Cav like sprinting, so he clearly draws inspiration from some of the best.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Usoa Effing Ostolaza!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908035635039859187

View: https://x.com/LABORALkTeam/status/1908035635039859187

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908035953584636253

View: https://x.com/elsterrato/status/1908035953584636253

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great start fot the women winning 4 out of 5 stages in El Salvador as well as the GC and third place overall, in addition to having another 3 riders in the top 10. It's the right time for a pizza party!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014048044732354681

View: https://x.com/elsterrato/status/2014048044732354681



I don't have high expectations for the men's season debut in Spain over the coming week and a bit, but let's if they can get a top 10 or two.

I hope for a great year for Paul Hennequin. A guy who can win a stage and the points classification in Taiwan as well as the KOM in Dunkerque (and as Ilmaestro will tell you, only the biggest riders have won that) contains multitudes.

It will also be interesting to follow the talented Van der Tuuk brother and to see whether or not Jonathan Lastra can get some better results again now that he's no longer at WT level,