Manolo Saiz, Liberty Seguros’ teamboss, has a hard time. Failing to make any lasting impression in the 2005 Tour de France he needs to get his riders up to par in the Vuelta. Their home race is very important and top climber Heras is just the man to get their much needed victory.


In the meantime he’s done a good, but expensive, deal in hyjacking Alexandre Vinokourov from T-Mobile just before French Crédit Agricole could lay their hands on the Kazakh rider. So suddenly things were looking up for Manolo!
Then the news comes that Vuelta Victor Heras has taken more than just vitamines, food...