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The hugely experienced José Vicente García Acosta (Movistar). view thumbnail gallery New hires for Spanish team The Movistar Team announced two new directeurs sportif for the 2013 season today: retired Movistar rider Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta will move into the team car for the coming year and is joined by José Luis Laguía. The pair [...]
Alex Dowsett in action view thumbnail gallery British time trial champion relishing the prospect of new opportunities with Movistar Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) will start a new chapter in his professional career when he heads off to Spain next week for a first training camp with his new Movistar teammates. The British time trial champion is [...]
Canadian David Boily holds the climber’s jersey. view thumbnail gallery 2013 squad nearly complete with 28 riders The Cannondale Pro Cycling Team announced the signing of three more riders today, three of which come from the Spidertech team: Canadians David Boily and Guillaume Boivin join Brian Bach Vandborg from the defunct squad, while Italian Tiziano [...]
By Gregor Brown Published Nov. 7, 2012 Updated 1 hour ago comments Tweet Share Share Print Alex Dowsett has signed for Spanish outfit Movistar for 2013. Photo: Graham Watson | grahamwatson.com MILAN (VN) — As the 2013 season approaches, teams are completing their rosters; riders are transferring here and there, and several neo-professionals are joining [...]
Ramon Carratero (Panama) took bronze in the under-23 race view thumbnail gallery Panamanian time trial champion dreaming of Giro start as neo-pro Soon to be 22-years-old, Ramón Carretero will step up from the Movistar Continental team to Farnese Vini-Selle Italia in 2013. The promising time trialist is a former winner of the 11-stage Vuelta a Chiriquí, [...]
The UCI view thumbnail gallery RadioShack, Movistar, Katusha fail to make the cut The UCI announced the first eight teams which have passed muster for a UCI ProTeam license and 13 which met requirements for a Professional Continental license for 2013. Astana, BMC, Cannondale, Lampre, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, Orica-GreenEdge, Sky and Vacansoleil-DCM all passed the sporting, [...]
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) wins the stage view thumbnail gallery Movistar leader feels mentally stronger after his ban Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has admitted that he wasn’t expecting to perform as well as he did this past season following his return from a two-year ban from racing. The Spaniard said the final part of his season had [...]
Alex Dowsett (Sky). view thumbnail gallery British TT champion opts to leave Team Sky The Movistar team has confirmed that British time trial champion Alex Dowsett will ride for the Spanish squad in 2013. The 24-year-old joins Movistar after two seasons with Team Sky. He rode for Trek Livestrong in 2010, after being part of [...]
view thumbnail gallery Young Colombian joins Spanish WorldTour team The Movistar team has made a late addition to its roster for 2013, signing the talented young Colombian Argiro Ospina. The 21-year-old climber will join Nairo Quintana at the Spanish team, who recently won the Giro dell’Emilia race in Italy and took overall victory at the [...]
Mtn Qhubeka out on course view thumbnail gallery Teams announce new signings and contract extensions With the UCI transfer deadline of October 20 rapidly approaching, several teams have announced further signings for 2013. Caja Rural has now announced enough new riders to bring it up the 16-rider minimum required for a Professional Continental team, including Amets [...]
