These past two years we’ve seen a lot of good cyclists leave this Spanish based team. Miguel Martin Perdiguero was signed by Phonak in 2004 and won several races since then. This year, a host of riders have left: Zaballa and Rodriguez both were strong last season and will be riding with Illes Balears in 2006. Giro d’Italia contender Garate packed his bags and left for Belgium to join the Quick Step squad. They were sorry to also see Chris Horner go. He was one of the revelations in 2005. Where other teams failed to intervene, Italian manager Gianetti succeeded in contracting Gilberto Simoni (L...