Eusebio Unzué’s women’s and men’s squads start fifth decade of ininterrupted activity with big event at Telefónica’s Madrid headquarters on Thursday, as title sponsor celebrates ten years of support to the Abarca Sports organisation Telefónica’s central headquarters in Madrid were the venue for Thursday’s launch of the 2020 Movistar Team. The longest-standing, most successful cycling team in the international peloton kicked off its 41st season of uninterrupted activity, a period (since 1980) in which the Blues’ men’s and women’s teams have achieved more than 950 victories. Telefónica celebrated its ten years of title sponsorship of the Abarca Sports organisation with the two full rosters of the team…
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Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
On Lotto Soudal’s training camp in Mallorca, Caleb Ewan and two of his teammates, Jasper De Buyst and Roger Kluge, extended their contracts with the Belgian World Tour team until the end of 2022. The three riders still had an agreement with the team until end 2020. “I already knew after probably the first few months in the team that it was a great fit for me and something that I wanted to continue on for in the future. That was before I even started doing well with the team”, says Caleb Ewan. “The first few months of this year were going…
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport and INEOS, in collaboration with Team INEOS and INEOS TEAM UK sailing, today announced a new partnership to help drive performance levels even higher on the track, road and sea. The collaboration is founded on three core principles – a shared belief that no limits should be placed on what is possible in human performance; a desire for the technical excellence and winning cultures of each team to be shared so all three partners benefit; and a belief that the best technical support enables great athletes to create the greatest racing moments. The partnership will see the…
This Tuesday, the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel hosted the official presentation of the La Vuelta 20 route. This will be a very special year for the Spanish grand tour as it celebrates its 75th edition. La Vuelta 20 will take off from The Netherlands on the 14th of August, with a first stage taking place entirely in Utrecht (TTT); and will end in Madrid on the 6th of September. On Tuesday the 17th of December, Unipublic presented the route of La Vuelta 20, that will take place between the 14th of August and the 6th of September 2020. For the fourth time in its…
During the media day of their annual training camp in Benidorm, the leaders for the three big Tours were made official for 2020. Giro d’Italia: Davide Formolo, Alexander Kristoff and Diego Ulissi.Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar, Fabio Aru, Fernando Gaviria.Vuelta a España: David De La Cruz, Davide Formolo, Jasper Philipsen. Joxean Matxin, Team Manager: “We think we have succeeded in designing a balanced season to achieve our objectives, given the resources we have on our team. The aim is to be competitive in the General classifications of the big stage races, as well as in the sprint finishes.For the Giro we…
Spaniard comes back to his first team as a pro cyclist, becomes a member of the Telefónica-backed squad as Head of Performance, covering key functions into the diverse sporting areas of Eusebio Unzué’s team The Movistar Team confirmed Monday that Patxi Vila (Vera de Bidasoa, ESP; 1975) will be part of its staff, starting in 2020, as Head of Performance. A pro cyclist for ten years between the iBanesto.com (2001-02), Lampre (2003-08) and De Rosa (2011-12) squads, Vila has also ammassed invaluable experience alongside big riders as a member of Tinkoff (2015-16) and Bora-Hansgrohe (2017-19), other than performance specialist for bike manufacturer…