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in Navarra10/25/20180El Lizarte 2018 in numbers © Baldomero MegíaTeam Lizarte's thirteenth campaign in the amateur squad added unprecedented milestones in the 26-year history of Manuel Azcona's Galibier Sports Association. The double win in the Spanish Cup, sealed both in the individual version by Antonio Soto and in the collective, is the most significant success in a balance that includes many other important wins. Martín Bouzas and Iñigo Elosegui won two titles of champions of Spain in the time trial and in line, with the echo of Roger Adriá (2nd in the time trial) and José Félix Parra (4th in the route after a disheartening puncture took him out of the group of Elosegui). The Catalans Martí Márquez and Kiko Galván regularly dominated the Basque, Euskaldun and Lehendakari tournaments: both finished first in their respective generals, although only Márquez had a prize since Galván was out of the competition for not having participated in 80% of the tests that made up the contest. Speaking of milestones, we cannot forget the first ever participation in the Giro d'Italia U23, settled with a third position in the team classification (only surpassed by a UCI Professional team, Hagens Berman – Axeon, and by the Colombian team; and ahead of six UCI Continental teams) and with Nicolás Sáenz falling out of the top10 in the final time trial. This performance, added to the top 20 of Sáenz and Parra in the Giro della Valle d'Aosta, signify the consolidation of the Lizarte Team among the leading squads in the training of talents at an international level.The 2018 Season, in figuresÁlex RuizA deep squad. If in previous seasons the essential was the auction of runners who were invested with battering rams, the 2018 cash was distinguished by its choral character. Only six of the 23 members of the 'pink' squad were left without stepping on the podium individually, and it is a tricky figure since two of them did so in their regional championships: Sergio Araiz was champion of Navarra and Álex Ruiz, Catalan runner-up. Record of honorable positions. Although the number of victories (21, plus the general ones for the Spanish Cup and the Euskaldun Tournament) does not exceed the dream season of 2016 (31), the other records of positions of honor have clearly beaten any figure in history of the Lizarte Team. There were 80 podiums and 155 top 10s (understood as positions between 4th and 10th) that jibarize the 52 and 121 obtained in 2017. Antonio Soto © Equipo Lizarte Martín Soto's bread. Antonio Soto, a second-year Elite from Murcia, started by age and track record as the headliner of the Lizarte Team. His 2018 season, which could have ended before it began due to the news of his girlfriend's pregnancy, ended up being his apotheosis. The Spanish Cup title, the medals in the Spanish Elite CRI and Online Championships, the podiums in the Vuelta a Navarra and Volta a València, the first place in the RFEC Elite Ranking and the impressive record of 35 places among the top 25 in 36 days of competition they have earned him a place in the professional peloton. Martín came with a loaf of bread under his arm. Íñigo Elosegui, champion of Spain and top scorer. The Basque cyclist came to the Lizarte Team this winter from the Euskadi Foundation. After a hesitant start, the Giro d'Italia U23 transformed him into the cyclist that his performances in lower categories presaged: among the best in the national squad both climbing and riding, he sharpened a winning instinct that allowed him to be the 'top scorer' of the Navarrese team at the end of the season with four victories among which the title of national champion under 23 shines. In this 2018 season, Elosegui has gained level, skill, consistency... and even a nickname: the Lion of Zierbena. Márquez, winner of the Euskaldun Tournament with an early date © Equipo LizarteIncombustible Martí Márquez. Among the pleasant news of the Lizarte Team in 2018, the Catalan fourth-year sub23 stands out, whose gradual growth since he first dressed in 'pink' has led him to become a pillar for the Navarrese team. Reliable in all areas, he performed invaluable work as a herdsman in major events and picked up victory in the Euskaldun Tournament. Testimony of the confidence of the technicians in his performance is that he was the cyclist who competed in the most days of competition, with 55. He was followed by Kiko Galván (51), Roger Adriá (49) and Iván Moreno (47), equally valuable bastions for the Navarrese team. The aim of Dmitriy Zhigunov. The third season of the Belarusian cyclist with the Lizarte Team confirmed the progression of a powerful rider with a fondness for hard sprints whose second half of the season was affected by a visa problem that kept him from competing in Spain for more than three months. In the 26 days of competition that he played, he added three victories, among which the Clásica Xavi Tondo stands out, belonging to the Spanish Cup; three second places, one third and five other top ten finishes. He ran little, but he was accurate. Kiko Galván © Oskar Matxin… And Kiko Galván's 'almost'. On the other side of the scale is the complete Catalan cyclist, one who performs on all terrains and yet has not yet managed to raise his arms as a sub23. In 2018 there were 28 positions among the top ten in 51 races, eight of them podiums as diverse as being 3rd in the massive sprint in Gernika or 2nd overall in the mountainous Volta a Castelló… Victory was so resisted that it fell to hundredths to get it in the prologues of the laps to Zamora and León. But no problem: not having won makes him "more ambitious" for next season. Green shoots on the Spanish calendar. The Lizarte Team calendar grew by 10 days in 2018, up to 126. Responsible for this increase were the new amateur races that emerged in Spain, such as the rounds of Salamanca and Vetusta held in August or the Bizkaia 3E at the end of April. The density of the Basque-Navarrese calendar is extremely important: the 17 events of the Euskaldun Tournament, the 15 of the Lehendakari Tournament and the other 19 events held in this territory represent an excellent school for the riders of the 'pink' team. Proud of our members. The successes added on the road are a reflection of the involvement of the partners that promote and make the Lizarte Team possible. We are very proud of our sponsors Lizarte, Ugarrandia and Makor, three companies whose business models have sustainability and respect for nature as their main premise, essential values ​​for AD Galibier. We are very grateful to technical partners such as Orbea, Etxeondo, Bollé and NS Vitans who are leaders in the bicycle industry and provide us with the best material for training cyclists; and also to sponsors such as Andia Hotel and the Government of Navarra who are fundamental to the identity of the team. A platoon of followers on social networks. As important is the departure of the team as sharing it with a group of loyal fans who support the team through thick and thin. The communication efforts of the Lizarte Team, increased this year with the commitment to tell the main events of the calendar through videos, respond to the interest of a platoon of almost 20,000 followers on social networks.Galván disputes and takes a sprint this year © Oskar MatxinLa XXXI Oñati Proba last Saturday marked the culmination of the Basque amateur calendar and the Lehendakari Tournament , a Basque U23 challenge. The Catalan Kiko Galván appeared as the first classified in the final general of the contest ahead of Xavi Cañellas (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) and Albert Muela (Grupo Eulen). However, the rules of the Tournament are clear: only those cyclists who have participated in 80% of the tests will be eligible for the title of winner. Missing 4 of the 15 races, the Lizarte Team cyclist was out of the competition, with the honors going to the also Catalan Muela ( EUL ). Lliça d'Amunt) throughout the season. The Barcelona cyclist managed to finish in the top four in five tests of the Lehendakari Tournament : 4th in the Urretxu sprint, 4th in the reduced arrival of Amorebieta, 3rd in the Muxika slope, 3rd in the Elgoibar ravine and 3rd again in another ' volata' reduced, Gernika. A sample of versatility and regularity. Galván, another product of the Huesca La Magia of the Barbastro Cycling Club who has been maturing in the Lizarte Team for three years, still has a challenge to overcome: this season he has managed to finish races three times second, five times third, twenty times in other positions in the top10… and he still hasn't released his sub23 record! This and other issues are addressed below in this interview. -What does it mean for you to finish first in the Lehendakari Tournament? -It means that I have managed to maintain a good line throughout the year. The Lehendakari Tournament began in March, with Goierriko Itzulia, and ended in September, with Oñati Proba. Being there from start to finish confirms that the preparation and planning have been good. -How was the Lehendakari Tournament dispute? -Sincerely, I have always done the same: dispute each race individually. Halfway through the year, Juanjo Oroz told me that I had a chance of finishing first overall and, although I had the possibility in mind, I didn't change my attitude: I continued to focus on winning each race, without looking at my rivals or thinking about the points. The sum of all those efforts throughout the year has given me this award. -How do you manage to finish 28 times in the top 10 in a single season? -The main factor is that I still don't know what kind of cyclist I am: whether I'm a sprinter, a climber, a roller... I try to give the best of myself on each terrain and I'm very competitive. Thanks to that I am close to victory often. -What do you need for victory? -I lack that point of confidence: I always wait for someone to attack first and then clinch. If I had more confidence in myself I wouldn't be afraid to jump and take risks to be the winner even if it went wrong later and I ended up in 20th place. Unintentionally, my subconscious is satisfied with securing a position of honor. I want to change that next season. -What taste in your mouth does it leave you having been so many times close to victory without achieving it? -It doesn't frustrate me, but it motivates me. Being there in all the races confirms to me that I am capable of fighting for victory and that I am close to achieving it. I remember the prologue of Vuelta a Zamora, when I was second by hundredths: that made me hungry for the prologue of Vuelta a León… and I was second again by hundredths! I am looking forward to playing more prologues to iron out those details that separate me from victory. Not winning makes me much hungrier and more ambitious. -Another of your milestones of the season has been the participation in various international events with the Spanish U23 team. -It was a great experience because it allowed me to verify that the sub23s from abroad are not so superior to us: they have a high level, of course, but the Spanish amateurs can be at their level. In Ghent-Wevelgem U23 I could have done better [he finished 19th], but I didn't realize we were reaching the finish line until I saw the banner for the last kilometer. In the U23 Tour of Flanders I was involved in a fall due to tension and nerves, but I'm sure I could have been in the front too.Íñigo Elosegui © elpelotonThe XVII Volta a Galicia concluded this Sunday with the Monforte final stage , marked like the previous sections by broken terrain and prone to ambushes. The Lizarte Team started with Íñigo Elosegui, Martín Bouzas, Urko Berrade and Martí Márquez placed between fourth and seventh overall and played with these elements in search of the upset. Elosegui and Berrade were in the main break of the day, of a dozen cyclists, including the provisional leader Vega (FRO). When it was hunted about 30 kilometers from the finish by the pace of Super Froiz, a carousel of attacks began in which Bouzas and Márquez were especially active. However, the group ended up becoming more compact: the general classification remained unchanged, with Elosegui as the best sub23, and the stage was resolved in a reduced sprint in which Dmitriy Zhigunov achieved second position after Zurita (RB). “It was not possible. beat Super Froiz in the fight for the general”, says Juanjo Oroz, director of the Lizarte Team. “However, we are very happy because we have never stopped trying. Everyone's performance has been fantastic and thanks to that we have had options to win the general classification right up to the finish line”. This concludes the competitive activity of the Lizarte Team in this 2018 season. There are 21 victories, 31 second places, 28 third places and more than 150 top10. They include a multitude of milestones: Antonio Soto's victory in the Spanish Cup, both individually and by teams; the Spanish U23 Championship against the clock of Martín Bouzas and in line of Íñigo Elosegui; Antonio Soto's first place in the RFEC Elite Ranking; the victory of Martí Márquez in the Euskaldun Tournament; Kiko Galván's first place without a title in the Lehendakari Tournament; the debut in the Giro d'Italia U23 resulted in a third place in the team classification... Many good fruits for our work that leave us hungry for 2019.

XVII Volta a Galicia

20/09 18:00 1st stage: Verín, 9.9 km CRE21/09 13:00 2nd stage: Sansenxo, 148 km22/09 13:00 3rd stage: Boiro, 150 km

09/23 10:00 4th stage: Monforte, 145.5 km1. Francesc Zurita (Rias Baixas) 3h26'42”2. Dmitriy Zhigunov (Team Lizarte) mt3. Alejandro Ropero (RH Polartec – Contador Foundation) mt…14. Íñigo Elosegui (Lizarte Team) mt16. Martí Márquez (Team Lizarte) mt17. Martin Bouzas (Team Lizarte) mt21. Urko Berrade (Team Lizarte) mt39. Asier Ormazábal (Team Lizarte) at 19”56. Ibon Ruiz (Team Lizarte) at 8'09”

Final overall1. Sergio Vega (Super Froiz) 10h59'43”2. Martin Lestido (Super Froiz) mt3. Ivan Martinez (Super Froiz) mt4. Íñigo Elosegui (Team Lizarte) at 12”5. Martin Bouzas (Team Lizarte) mt6. Urko Berrade (Team Lizarte) mt7. Martí Márquez (Team Lizarte) mt…20. Dmitriy Zhigunov (Lizarte Team) at 4'00”34. Ibon Ruiz (Team Lizarte) at 13'35”37. Asier Ormazábal (Lizarte Team) at 15'28”

Kiko Galván (Lizarte) The XXXI Oñati Proba today staged the curtain on the Basque amateur calendar and with it the Lehendakari Tournament, a Basque U23 challenge. The Catalan Kiko Galván arrived with the distinctive leader's jersey and the illusion of finishing off his great performance throughout the season with a victory. However, a fall took him out of the competition after a few kilometers. The Lizarte Team cyclist finished first in the ranking of the Basque event in the absence of the challenger Cañellas (CJR), who did not appear due to the coincidence of this definitive test with the Spanish Track Championship. However, neither one nor the other could be the final winners of the Lehendakari Tournament for not having participated in more than 80% of the events that make it up. Thus, the title went to a third party: Albert Muela, from the Grupo Eulen team. Regarding the Oñati race, the Lizarte Team completed a good performance with a great presence throughout the two hours of competition. The peloton split in half on the climb to Aztiria, crowned 37 kilometers from the finish line, introducing five 'pink' cyclists into the front group. One of them, Sergio Araiz, starred in an important breakaway that was neutralized in the vicinity of Oñati, at which point the cut of seven riders emerged from which Sureda (CJR) emerged as the winner. Meanwhile, the third stage of the XVII Volta to Galicia yielded a positive balance for the Lizarte Team. The Belarusian Dmitriy Zhigunov was in the day's breakaway and later had the strength to enter the small peloton that played for the victory and be third in the finish sprint. In between, Martí Márquez was present in two of the skirmishes generated in the broken Galician terrain, one of which placed him as virtual leader before being reabsorbed by a highly selected group in which Martín Bouzas (best U23 of the round) also marched. , Urko Berrade, Iñigo Elosegui and Asier Ormazábal.Thus, four riders from the Lizarte Team remain between fourth and seventh place in the provisional general classification of the XVII Volta a Galicia on the eve of the last stage with start and finish in Monforte, a race that will put an end to the 2018 season of the Navarrese team.

XVII Volta a Galicia

09/20 18:00 1st stage: Verín, 9.9 km CRE 09/21 13:00 2nd stage: Sansenxo, 148 km

09/22 13:00 3rd stage: Boiro, 150 km1. Fran García Rus (Gsport) 3h42'05”2. Antonio Angulo (CC Rias Baixas) mt3. Dmitriy Zhigunov (Lizarte Team) mt…8. Asier Ormazábal (Team Lizarte) at 2”9. Martin Bouzas (Team Lizarte) mt12. Urko Berrade (Lizarte Team) mt13. Íñigo Elosegui (Team Lizarte) mt

Provisional General1. Sergio Vega (Super Froiz) 7h33'01”2. Martin Lestido (Super Froiz) mt3. Ivan Martinez (Super Froiz) mt4. Íñigo Elosegui (Team Lizarte) mt5. Martin Bouzas (Team Lizarte) mt6. Urko Berrade (Team Lizarte) mt7. Martí Márquez (Team Lizarte) mt

09/23 10:00 4th stage: Monforte, 145.5 km

XXXI Oñati ProbaSeptember 22, 2018Oñati, 95 km

1. Jaume Sureda (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) 2h10'41”2. Unai Square (Ampo) mt3. Jon Agirre (Baqué – Ideus – BH) mt…10. Nicolás Sáenz (Team Lizarte) at 20”13. Iván Moreno (Team Lizarte) at 35”14. Sergio Araiz (Team Lizarte) mt18. Carlos Ruiz (Team Lizarte) mt22. Jordi López (Team Lizarte) at 1'29”Ab. Miguel Briz, Kiko Galván, Álex Jaime, Miguel Mujika, Raúl Rota, Álex Ruiz, Eugenio Sánchez

Roger Adrià, one of the Lizarte World Cup riders / © Lizarte The Lizarte Team will contribute two cyclists to the Spanish team in the imminent Road Cycling World Championships, which will be held from this Sunday, September 23 to Sunday, September 30 in the Austrian city of Innsbruck. Roger Adriá will participate this Friday the 28th in the U23 online event accompanied by José Félix Parra, who will also be in the U23 time trial on Monday the 24th. They will not be the only representatives of the Lizarte Character in the rainbow event: Andrey Amador and Marc Soler will compete in the team time trial with Movistar Team on Sunday 23; Jaime Castrillo (Movistar Team) will represent Spain in the ITT and the sub23 line; while Nícolas Sessler (Burgos BH) and Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team) will be in the queen event, the men's Elite line on Sunday 30, with Brazil and Ecuador, respectively. For José Félix Parra (1997, Ossa de Montiel), the call with the Spanish team is “the reward for a whole season of sacrifice and regularity”. The climber from Albacete has completed his best year as a U23 cyclist: 2nd overall in the Volta a València, 17th in the extremely tough Giro della Valle d'Aosta and 23rd in the Giro d'Italia U23, in addition to being on the podium in the Zegama, Irún and Mungia and hanging a bitter chocolate medal in the Spanish Online Championship after puncturing going in the trio from which Íñigo Elosegui emerged as the winner. "I was missing a victory, but I have accumulated a lot of international experience." To his climbing qualities, perfect for the Innsbruck route, he has added great performances against the clock, the jewel in the crown being his third place in the ITT of the recent Volta a València, only surpassed by the veteran pistards Sebastián Mora and Eloy Teruel. “It is very important that the coach has trusted me for an event as big as this one. I hope to take advantage of this unique opportunity. I have prepared the race online with care and got good feelings in the time trials. Spain has a very strong team and I hope to make it phenomenal together with my teammates”. For his part, Roger Adriá (1998, Barcelona) sees this World Cup as “an opportunity to gain experience and grow as a cyclist”. Like Parra, he has completed this year both the Giro d'Italia U23 (he was 9th in one stage) and the Giro della Valle d'Aosta. Throughout the campaign he has added a victory in the San Pedro de Irún Prize and the silver medal in the CRI Spanish Championship, in addition to four other podiums in Basque events and fourth place in the recent rounds of Salamanca and Valencia. . “It has been a good season in which I have acquired a lot of level thanks to the schedule of the Lizarte Team. In Austria I will put myself at the service of the team and give the best of myself. We can aspire to great things”. Meanwhile, the Lizarte Team continues its activity with the last weekend of the 2018 season with the Volta a Galicia dispute, in which four of its riders are placed in the top 10 of the general provisional, and the XXXI Oñati Proba, the last round of the Lehendakari Tournament led by Kiko Galván. At the end of the competition, next Saturday, September 29, a lunch will be held at the Hotel Andia to which all the friends of the Galibier Sports Association are invited.Martín Bouzas © LizarteThe Lizarte Team faces its last weekend of activity in the season with the dispute of two competitions. On the one hand, from this Thursday until next Sunday he will play the XVII Volta a Galicia, returning to the Galician round after six years of absence led by local cyclist Martín Bouzas, current Spanish CRI champion. On the other hand, the XXXI Oñati Proba will take place on Saturday, the last round of the amateur Basque calendar and closing of the Lehendakari Tournament in which Kiko Galván is the leader with 134 points to 131 from the second-placed Cañellas (CJR). “We wanted to return to Volta a Galicia because it is an important round, with level teams and very selective routes”, explains Juanjo Oroz, director of the Lizarte Team in this stage race. “We have a very good block, with 23 cyclists who are in great physical shape even at this point in the season and they deserved an opportunity to take advantage of it and continue to grow as athletes. The CRE will make some differences and will award a first leader's jersey that will be very difficult to defend in the online stages because the Galician terrain does not have a flat meter”. As for the Oñati test, it presents a short route, less than 100 kilometers, and very broken, which will generate an intense and disputed competition until the last meter. XVII Volta a Galicia Line up: Urko Berrade, Martín Bouzas, Íñigo Elosegui , Martí Márquez, Asier Ormazábal, Ibon Ruiz, Dmitriy ZhigunovRoute20/09 18:00 1st stage: Verín, 9.9 km CRE21/09 13:00 2nd stage: Sansenxo, 148 km22/09 13:00 3rd stage: Boiro, 150 km23/09 10:00 4th stage: Monforte, 145.5 kmXXXI Oñati Proba (Oñati – Guipúzcoa, S22, 10:00, 95 km)Sergio Araiz, Miguel Briz, Kiko Galván, Álex Jaime, Jordi López, Iván Moreno, Miguel Mujika, Raúl Rota, Álex Ruiz, Carlos Ruiz, Nicolás Sáenz, Eugenio SánchezMárquez, winner of the Euskaldun Tournament with an early date © Equipo LizarteIt has been four seasons since Martí Márquez (1996, Llinars del Vallés) joined the Lizarte Team from the youth team Huesca La Magia, currently Tourism Villanua – Cava Gran Ducay. It has been four years of growth for the Barcelona cyclist, whose fine constitution and excellent engine allow him to stand out both on the flat and in the mountains. His consistency makes him competitive in one-day trials and stage tours; his maturity, exercising naturally both as a domestique and as a leader. This campaign has been a step forward for Martí Márquez. Author of the first victory of the year for the Lizarte Team in the XXII Laukizko Udala Saria, he came close to winning the prologue of the Vuelta a Navarra and completed the Giro d'Italia U23 at a very good level. However, his best performance this year was the Euskaldun Tournament, a Basque amateur 'challenge' for Elite and Sub23 cyclists. He began it with a very long break in Zumaia and culminated it with a final stretch of competitions in which he disputed every point to certify the mathematical victory in the absence of a test for its conclusion. 9 positions among the top ten in the 16 races that make up the contest show how well deserved this award is. The Catalan is the third Lizarte Team cyclist to win the Euskaldun Tournament: he was preceded by Andrey Amador (2008) and Higinio Fernández (2013). In this interview he explains how he has achieved it.– At the beginning of the season, was it a goal to win the Euskaldun Tournament? From the beginning I got into the top positions in the general classification both in the Euskaldun Tournament and in the Lehendakari Tournament, but I disputed them race by race. Juanjo Oroz and Manolo Azcona advised me not to consider them as an objective so that I would not become obsessed: it was preferable to present the campaign in a more open way so that I could go to other races in which to learn. It was after the Giro d'Italia U23 that we sat down and suggested that the Euskaldun Tournament would be the goal for the second half of the season.– At what point did you realize that you could win the Euskaldun Tournament? For the first time, in the Natxitua test, I saw that I had a real chance of winning the general. Until the Salinas race, Diego Pérez (BAQ) was my main rival. However, in that race I managed to keep the leader's jersey and that strengthened me. In August Iker Ballarin (AMP) emerged, who chained a great run of results and made things very difficult for me. I even had to get into the massive sprints to scratch points and keep him at bay. - What has been the key to achieving this victory? Mainly, the planning that I have done with my trainer Iosune Murillo. This is a very long competition that requires a lot of regularity and perseverance, respecting the breaks well and adapting them to the stoppages in the competition. In addition, the support of the team in all the races from the moment we decided to go for the Euskaldun Tournament has been impeccable. - Do you have any thorns stuck, something that you could have improved? It would have been nice to round off the victory in the general winning some of the tests. I have been close to victory in Estella, Durango, Lazkao... But I haven't raised my arms. What does winning the Euskaldun Tournament mean to you? I see it above all as a reward for the regularity that I have maintained throughout this 2018 season. This consistency that I have achieved is a very important aspect with a view to being a professional cyclist in the future. The fourth-year Catalan U23 Martí Márquez confirmed his victory in the Euskaldun Tournament in the LXXXIX Alsasua Test, the last heat of the 'challenge ' Basque disputed this Saturday. The Lizarte Team cyclist arrived at the heart of the peloton to confirm a victory already sealed mathematically last week in the Urduliz test and cemented with top10 positions in 9 of the 16 races that make up the contest. "The triumph of Martí Márquez is to value it especially for the regularity that has boosted it”, analyzes Jon Armendariz, director of the Lizarte Team. “Martí has ​​been in very good shape all year, which has allowed him to be competitive in practically all the races he has run. He has shown potential to dominate the Spanish amateur category next season. The prize of winning the Euskaldun Tournament comes almost without looking for it: it was as a result of taking the lead in the Irún event that it became a goal for him and for the team, which has supported him very well against rivals such as Ballarin (AMP ) that made things very difficult”. The LXXXIX Alsasua Test was held on a seasoned route with five climbs to the Olazgutia pass to provide toughness. However, it was never selected. There were barely two notable breakaways: one of three cyclists with Asier Ormazábal representing the Lizarte Team and another of eight with Sergio Araiz and Dmitriy Zhigunov providing 'pink' color that was neutralized five kilometers from the finish line by the rhythm of Caja Rural – Seguros RGA. Everything was left for a massive arrival in which Iribar (AMP) prevailed in a tight photo finish. The Lizarte Team will play this Sunday the VII Zaldibia Sari Nagusia, penultimate round of the Lehendakari Tournament in which Kiko Galván is the leader overall with 123 points to 112 of the second classified, Cañellas (CJR), and 109 from the third, Muela (EUL). «We will race with the leadership in mind, convinced that a good performance by all is the best way to get closer to the definitive victory in the tournament. The race runs through typical Basque territory, with short but tough climbs and Gaintza just six kilometers from the end«, explains Juanjo Oroz, director of the Lizarte Team in the Gipuzkoan race.LXXXIX Alsasua RaceSeptember 15, 2018Alsasua, 123 km1. Unai Iribar (Ampo) 2. Maurizio Graziani (Baqué – Ideus – BH)3. Xavier Cañellas (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)VII Zaldibia Sari Nagusia (Zaldibia – Guipúzcoa, D16, 10:00, 111 km)Roger Adriá, Martín Bouzas, Miguel Briz, Kiko Galván, Álex Jaime, Jordi López, Martí Márquez, Iván Moreno , Miguel Mujika, José Félix Parra, Álex Ruiz, Nicolás SáenzMartí Márquez © Oskar MatxinThe Spanish amateur season is coming to an end and with it the 2018 of the Lizarte Team, which will live its penultimate chapter this weekend with the dispute of two tests of the Basque tournaments. The LXXXIX Alsasua Test will take place on Saturday, the last round of the Euskaldun Tournament whose mathematical winner is Martí Márquez; mientras que el domingo se disputará la VII Zaldibia Sari Nagusia, penúltima prueba del Torneo Lehendakari en cuya general Kiko Galván es líder con 123 puntos por 112 del segundo clasificado, Cañellas (CJR), y 109 del tercero, Muela (EUL).“La intención para este fin de semana es salir y disfrutar”, explica Juanjo Oroz, director del Equipo Lizarte. “Alsasua será una carrera más dura que otros años, ya que Olazgutia se sube cinco veces por el lado más selectivo. Martí Márquez y el equipo en general han completado un gran Torneo Euskaldun: éste será el fin de fiesta. En Zaldibia correremos con el liderato de Kiko Galván en mente, convencidos de que un buen rendimiento de todos es la mejor forma de acercarnos al triunfo definitivo en el Torneo Lehendakari. La carrera discurre por el territorio típico vasco, con puertos cortos pero duros y Gaintza a sólo seis kilómetros del final”.LXXXIX Prueba Alsasua (Alsasua – Navarra, S15, 10:00, 123 km)