Manuel "Manolo" Saiz Balbás (born 16 October 1959, Torrelavega, Cantabria) is the former team manager of one of the most successful Spanish professional road bicycle racing teams, first called Team ONCE, then Liberty Seguros-Würth, Astana-Würth, and lastly Astana Team.
Saiz was a hands-on manager and directeur sportif. He consolidated his riders' training and hired staff to manage their coaching and racing. Despite not having a racing background, he nurtured ONCE to become one of the biggest teams. His riders included Frenchman Laurent Jalabert and Swiss Alex Zülle; both dominated the Vuelta a España, each winning the general and other classifications. In 1995 Jalabert achieved the trifecta by winning the general classification along with the points and King of the Mountains.
Saiz's next riders included Spaniard Abraham Olano, Igor González de Galdeano and Joseba Beloki. ONCE dominated team time trials in the Tour de France.
At the end of the 2003 ONCE discontinued sponsorship, saying penetration was 100% in Spain, meaning every Spaniard knew what ONCE was. Saiz brought Liberty Seguros (the Spanish branch of the US company Liberty Mutual) and Würth, a German assembly technology company to be co-sponsor.
Why'd you have to be
Everything to me
I can't believe what's falling from your mouth
Why'd you have to go and
Tell me that you know
This ain't gonna work out like we planned
If we survive the winter
We might be around for spring
If I survive myself
I'll survive anything
She says we're like Mona Lisa's
Shattered on the ground into
A million little pieces
It's gone and gone around so long
I don't know what we're doin' anymore
Or what we're fighting for
Where's this common promise
Is this just another one of your demons
Paroling doubts on me
Cause I had my hopes up
And I let my guard down
Baby I let you in
I can't do that again
If we survive tomorrow
You know its just another day
If we survive each other
We might find a way to stay
She says we're like Mona Lisa's
Shattered on the ground into
A million little pieces
It's gone and gone around so long
I don't know what we're doin' anymore
Or what we're fighting for
What are we fighting for
How I messed up was
When I let you be my everything
Its been broke now there's
Nothing left from everything
She says we're like Mona Lisa's
Shattered on the ground into
A million little pieces
It's gone and gone around so long