After the photos, the team headed for Aubixa to see the Elgoibar MTB Centre’s facilities first hand, where the racers were invited to a delicious mid-morning snack to stave off hunger and the cold on one of the worst days in years.
Following another photo session and in view of the fact that it was impossible to cycle anywhere with winds of over 100km/h, the team went to the Hotel Txarriduna where they enjoyed a spectacular lunch, which concluded the presentation.
 
Victory the following day.

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At 11:30 the participants set out from the Reception Point at the Debabarrena MTB Centre in Mintxeta. Accompanied by the Euskaltel-Euskadi, Orbea and Naturgas cycling teams, with Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez at the head, they covered the Mintxeta route 1, a simple itinerary for families and young cyclists.  The weather was bad throughout the entire event, although the rain eased off while participants were riding the 7 kilometres involved, enabling the event to be relaxed, pleasant and incident-free.

Once the participants had finished the route, they were received in the pelota court of the local ikastola (Basque school), where all the mountain bikers were given a BTT Euskadi centres T-shirt and were able to get their strength back with a large variety of soft drinks and refreshments provided by the organisation.

When they were in the pelota court, Samuel Sánchez and his team-mate Aitor Galdós took advantage of their presence to sign autographs for all present, with a long queue of children and adults waiting for the champion to sign their T-shirts, helmets, etc.

To finish off the event, the organisers held a draw for several sets of Euskaltel-Euskadi team kits, caps and T-shirts, as well as CDR team jerseys, which most of those present took part in. The entire day was a huge success.

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