The Spanish Cycling Federation has confirmed that Javier Mínguez will continue to run the Spanish national men's squad, which he has been directing since 2013.
The longstanding Spanish director told Cyclingnews that he is not putting a limit on when he will continue and - as yet - he is not contractually bound to the Spanish Fedeation, but that "there's goodwill on both sides, and that what counts the most."
Mínguez, 68, started directing in 1979 with the Moliner-Vereco squad, and was one of Spain's best-known team bosses in the 1980s and 1990s, with his cunning strategies earning him the nickname of 'Rommel'. He took a lengthy break from directing following the demise of the Vitalicio Seguros team at the end of 2000 but returned to begin running the Spanish National squad in 2013.
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"We haven't sat down yet to talk through a contract, and we haven't said if it'll be for one year, two or even more, so I don't know the exact conditions. But the key thing is there's goodwill on both sides, it's official that they want me to continue and so do I," Mínguez told Cyclingnews.
"We've already started working on this year's projects. Earlier this week me and the other coaches were in the Federation learning about the new computer system on rider data and so on they've got there. We didn't discuss the contract."
The two biggest objectives of the year for Minguez will be the European Championships and the World Championships. Regarding the latter, Mínguez says that the hillier-than-usual course in Bergen, Norway, this year "should suit the Spanish far better than Qatar," where the country's total haul of medals was a single bronze, in the men's Time Trial, for Jonathan Castroviejo.
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