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Having previously used Pinarello bikes, the team rode Canyon frames in 2014, with Campagnolo parts. Since 2008, Eusebio Unzué has been the manager of the team after the long running manager, José Miguel Echavarri, retired from the sport. Directeurs sportifs of the team include Neil Stephens, Alfonso Galilea and José Luis Jaimerena.

History

Reynolds (1980–1989)

The team began in 1980 as the Reynolds team which José Miguel Echavarri as the directeur sportif.

Banesto (1990–2003)

In 1990, Spanish bank Banesto took over as the main sponsor of the team from Reynolds. Delgado was the team leader for the Tour de France while

The team fielded a number of strong contenders in the 2005 Tour de France including Francisco Mancebo (former National Champion of Spain), Alejandro Valverde, Vladimir Karpets and sprinter Isaac Gálvez. Mancebo produced the best results finishing fourth overall in the General Classification.

Caisse d'Epargne (2006–2010)

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears finished fifth overall (56 minutes, 53 seconds behind

After hearing of the positive "A" test, Pereiro stated that it was only an initial, unconfirmed result and he would not yet consider Landis guilty or himself the Tour winner. "I have too much respect for Landis to do otherwise", he said.[7] After hearing that the Landis "B" test also came back positive, Pereiro stated that he now considers himself Tour champion and the Landis scandal should not diminish his own achievement. "Right now I feel like the winner of the Tour de France", Pereiro said. "It's a victory for the whole team."^[8] After nearly two years of appeals, Pereiro was officially upgraded to Tour champion for 2006.^[9]

Movistar (2011– )

On 31 May 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeals from WADA and the UCI regarding the suspension of Alejandro Valverde for his implication in the Operación Puerto doping case. Valverde was banned for two years, starting 1 January 2010 and after serving the two-year suspension returned to competition in 2012 riding for the Movistar Team.^[10][11]

The 2011 season proved to be a transitional one for the team, with their first victory coming as a single stage win in the

In August 2014, the team announced the signing of Marc Soler (Lizarte) ^[13] and Rubén Fernández (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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At the 2015 Tour de France, the team finished first in the teams classification, and the two top men of the team, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde finished second and third in the general classificaiton, respectively, with Quintana also winning the white jersey as best young rider, and finishing second in the king of the mountains classification.^[15][16]

During the 2016 Tour, the team finished first in the teams classification by 8' 14" over Team Sky. Nairo Quintana made the podium by finishing third overall in the general classification standings and Ion Izagirre claimed victory on stage 20. Later during the 2016 Vuelta a España, Quintana won stage 10 and the overall. The team concluded the year with their fourth win in the team ranking of 2016 UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 3 January 2018.^[17]

Rider Date of birth  Andrey Amador (CRC) (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 37)  Winner Anacona (COL) (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35)  Jorge Arcas (ESP) (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)  Carlos Barbero (ESP) (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)  Daniele Bennati (ITA) (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 43)  Carlos Betancur (COL) (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 34)  Nuno Bico (POR) (1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 29)  Richard Carapaz (ECU) (1993-05-29) 29 May 1993 (age 31)  Héctor Carretero (ESP) (1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 (age 29)  Jaime Castrillo (ESP) (1996-03-13) 13 March 1996 (age 28)  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 37)  Imanol Erviti (ESP) (1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 (age 40)  Rubén Fernández (ESP) (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 (age 33)

Rider Date of birth  Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)   Nelson Oliveira  (POR) (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)  Antonio Pedrero (ESP) (1991-10-23) 23 October 1991 (age 32)  Dayer Quintana (COL) (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 31)  Nairo Quintana (COL) (1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 34)  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (1985-06-08) 8 June 1985 (age 39)  Jaime Rosón (ESP) (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31)  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33)  Marc Soler (ESP) (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 30)  Jasha Sütterlin (GER) (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 31)  Rafael Valls (ESP) (1987-06-25) 25 June 1987 (age 36)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (1980-04-25) 25 April 1980 (age 44)

Major wins

National, continental and world champions

Former riders

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References

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