Euskadi (Continental cycling team)
Euskadi (UCI team code: ORB) was a Spanish cycling team based in the Basque Country that existed from 2005 to 2014. It was one of the European teams in UCI Continental Tour.
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | ORB |
| Registered | Spain |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental Tour |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Álvaro González de Galdeano |
| Team name history | |
2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2011 2012 2013–2014 | Orbea Orbea-Oreka SDA Orbea Orbea Continental Euskadi |
The team functioned as the development team of the original Euskaltel–Euskadi and the unofficial "national" squad of the Basque region. Orbea's team manager Álvaro González de Galdeano is the older brother of Igor González de Galdeano, the last manager of Euskaltel. The team focused primarily on young riders, of whom the most successful usually made the transfer to Euskaltel–Euskadi.
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