2015 Movistar Team season

Movistar Team
2015 season
UCI code	MOV
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Eusebio Unzué
Main sponsor(s)	Telefónica
Based	Spain
Bicycles	Canyon
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	4
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	19
National Championships	4

The 2015 season for Movistar Team is scheduled to begin in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2015 roster

As of 1 January 2015.

	Rider	Date of birth
Andrey Amador (CRC)		(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 28)
Winner Anacona (COL)		(1988-09-11)11 September 1988 (aged 26)
Igor Antón (ESP)		(1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 31)
Eros Capecchi (ITA)		(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 28)
Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)		(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 27)
Alex Dowsett (GBR)		(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 26)
Imanol Erviti (ESP)		(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 31)
Rubén Fernández (ESP)		(1991-03-01)1 March 1991 (aged 23)
John Gadret (FRA)		(1979-04-22)22 April 1979 (aged 35)
Jesús Herrada (ESP)		(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 24)
José Herrada (ESP)		(1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 29)
Beñat Intxausti (ESP)		(1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 28)
Gorka Izagirre (ESP)		(1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 27)
Jon Izagirre (ESP)		(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 25)

	Rider	Date of birth
Pablo Lastras (ESP)		(1976-01-20)20 January 1976 (aged 38)
Juan José Lobato (ESP)		(1988-12-28)28 December 1988 (aged 26)
Adriano Malori (ITA)		(1988-01-28)28 January 1988 (aged 26)
Javier Moreno (ESP)		(1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 30)
Dayer Quintana (COL)		(1992-08-10)10 August 1992 (aged 22)
Nairo Quintana (COL)		(1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 24)
José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)		(1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 29)
Enrique Sanz (ESP)		(1989-09-11)11 September 1989 (aged 25)
Marc Soler (ESP)		(1993-11-22)22 November 1993 (aged 21)
Rory Sutherland (AUS)		(1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 32)
Jasha Sütterlin (GER)		(1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 22)
Alejandro Valverde (ESP)		(1980-04-25)25 April 1980 (aged 34)
Francisco Ventoso (ESP)		(1982-05-06)6 May 1982 (aged 32)
Giovanni Visconti (ITA)		(1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 31)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2014 team
Winner Anacona^[1]	Lampre–Merida
Rubén Fernández^[2]	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
Marc Soler	neo-pro (Lizarte)
Rory Sutherland	Tabriz Shahrdari Team

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season

Rider	2015 team
Iván Gutiérrez	Retired
Rubén Plaza	Lampre–Merida
Sylwester Szmyd	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
000000002016-01-21-000021 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Lobato, Juan JoséJuan José Lobato (ESP)	Australia	Stirling
000000002016-01-23-000023 January	Tour de San Luis, Stage 5	UCI America Tour	Malori, AdrianoAdriano Malori (ITA)	Argentina	San Luis
000000002016-01-21-000021 January	Tour Down Under, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 1]}	Australia
000000002016-01-31-000031 January	Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana	UCI Europe Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Deia
000000002016-02-08-00008 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Rojas, José JoaquínJosé Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Qatar	Sealine Beach Resort
000000002016-02-18-000018 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1b	UCI Europe Tour	Moreno, JavierJavier Moreno (ESP)	Spain	Coria del Río
000000002016-02-19-000019 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Lobato, Juan JoséJuan José Lobato (ESP)	Spain	Lucena
000000002016-02-22-000022 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Lobato, Juan JoséJuan José Lobato (ESP)	Spain	Alhaurín de la Torre
000000002016-03-11-000011 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Malori, AdrianoAdriano Malori (ITA)	Italy	Lido di Camaiore
000000002016-03-15-000015 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana (COL)	Italy	Terminillo
000000002016-03-17-000017 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall	UCI World Tour	Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana (COL)	Italy
000000002016-03-17-000017 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana (COL)	Italy
000000002016-03-24-000024 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Olot
000000002016-03-27-000027 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Valls
000000002016-03-29-000029 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Barcelona
000000002016-04-08-00008 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Malori, AdrianoAdriano Malori (ITA)	France	Angers
000000002016-04-12-000012 April	Klasika Primavera	UCI Europe Tour	Herrada, JoséJosé Herrada (ESP)	Spain	Amorebieta
000000002016-04-19-000019 April	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 2]}	Spain
000000002016-04-22-000022 April	La Flèche Wallonne	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Belgium	Huy
000000002016-04-26-000026 April	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Belgium	Ans
000000002016-05-02-00002 May	Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Antón, IgorIgor Antón (ESP)	Spain	Pola de Lena
000000002016-05-03-00003 May	Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Herrada, JesúsJesús Herrada (ESP)	Spain	Oviedo
000000002016-05-03-00003 May	Vuelta a Asturias, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Antón, IgorIgor Antón (ESP)	Spain
000000002016-05-03-00003 May	Vuelta a Asturias, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Herrada, JesúsJesús Herrada (ESP)	Spain
000000002016-05-16-000016 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Intxausti, BeñatBeñat Intxausti (ESP)	Italy	Campitello Matese
000000002016-05-16-000016 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Dowsett, AlexAlex Dowsett (GBR)	Germany	Haßfurt
000000002016-05-17-000017 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Dowsett, AlexAlex Dowsett (GBR)	Germany
000000002016-05-31-000031 May	Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Visconti, GiovanniGiovanni Visconti (ITA)	Italy
000000002016-06-14-000014 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 3]}	France
000000002016-07-26-000026 July	Tour de France, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana (COL)	France
000000002016-07-26-000026 July	Tour de France, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 4]}	France
000000002016-08-08-00008 August	Tour de Pologne, Overall	UCI World Tour	Izagirre, JonJon Izagirre (SPA)	Poland
000000002016-08-19-000019 August	Tour du Limousin, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Herrada, JoséJosé Herrada (ESP)	France	Lissac-sur-Couze
000000002016-08-25-000025 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Vejer de la Frontera
000000002016-08-27-000027 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 (ITT)	UCI Europe Tour	Malori, AdrianoAdriano Malori (ITA)	France	Loudun
000000002016-08-28-000028 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 5]}	France
000000002016-09-13-000013 September	Vuelta a España, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain
000000002016-09-13-000013 September	Vuelta a España, Team classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 6]}	Spain

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
000000002016-06-24-000024 June	Italian National Time Trial Champion	Malori, AdrianoAdriano Malori (ITA)	Italy	Bogogno
000000002016-06-25-000025 June	British National Time Trial Champion	Dowsett, AlexAlex Dowsett (GBR)	United Kingdom	Cadwell Park
000000002016-06-26-000026 June	Spanish National Time Trial Champion	Castroviejo, JonathanJonathan Castroviejo (ESP)	Spain	Cáceres
000000002016-06-28-000028 June	Spanish National Road Race Champion	Valverde, AlejandroAlejandro Valverde (ESP)	Spain	Cáceres

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Eros Capecchi, Rubén Fernández, Gorka Izagirre, Pablo Lastras, Juan José Lobato, José Herrada and Enrique Sanz
↑ The riders on the squad were Igor Antón, Winner Anacona, Beñat Intxausti, Jonathan Castroviejo, Javier Moreno, Enrique Sanz and Marc Soler
↑ The riders on the squad were Alejandro Valverde, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, John Gadret, Beñat Intxausti, Gorka Izagirre and Rory Sutherland
↑ The riders on the squad were Nairo Quintana, Winner Anacona, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, Imanol Erviti, José Herrada, Gorka Izagirre, Adriano Malori and Alejandro Valverde
↑ The riders on the squad were Alex Dowsett, Jonathan Castroviejo, John Gadret, José Herrada, Enrique Sanz, Adriano Malori and Jasha Sütterlin
↑ The riders on the squad were Alejandro Valverde, Andrey Amador, Imanol Erviti, Javier Moreno, Nairo Quintana, José Joaquín Rojas, Rory Sutherland, Francisco Ventoso and Giovanni Visconti

References

↑ "News shorts: US team looks ahead to 2015 Worlds in Richmond". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "Rubén Fernández signs for Movistar - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

2015 Movistar Team season profile at ProCyclingStats

Movistar Team seasons

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List of 2015 UCI WorldTeams and riders

AG2R La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Cannondale–Garmin Etixx–Quick-Step FDJ Giant–Alpecin IAM Cycling Team Katusha Lampre–Merida LottoNL–Jumbo Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team Orica–GreenEDGE Team Sky Team Tinkoff–Saxo Trek Factory Racing

List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders

Ale Cipollini Aromitalia Vaiano Astana–Acca Due O BePink LaClassica Bigla Pro Cycling Team Bizkaia–Durango BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental Boels Dolmans Cycling Team BTC City Ljubljana BZK Pro Basic China Chongming–Liv–Champion System Pro Cycling Feminine Cycling Team Hitec Products Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi Itau Shimano Ladies Power Team Lensworld.eu–Zannata Lointek Lotto Soudal Ladies Matrix Fitness No Radunion Vitalogic Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies Orica–AIS Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team Pepper Palace Pro Cycling p/b The Happy Tooth Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Servetto Footon Team Liv–Plantur Team Rytger Team TIBCO–SVB Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro–Duo TWENTY16 presented by Sho–Air UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team Velocio–SRAM Wiggle Honda Xirayas de San Luis – OPW

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