Manzana Postobón team

Manzana Postobón team
Team data
UCI code	MZN
nationality	Colombia
License	Professional Continental Team
First season	2008
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Gios
staff
Team manager	Luisa Rios
Sportl. ladder	Jenaro Leguizamo Alejandra Ordóñez Luis Saldarriaga
Name story
Years	Surname
2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016-	Colombia es Pasión Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia 472-Colombia 4-72-Colombia Manzana Postobón Team
Team photo
Website
manzanapostobonteam.com

The Manzana Postobón Team is a Colombian cycling team based in Medellin .

The team received a UCI license as a Continental Team under the name Colombia es Pasión and mainly took part in races on the UCI America Tour .

In 2011 the team had a license as a Professional Continental Team , but did not apply for such a license for 2012. Most of the drivers switched instead to the new Colombia-Coldeportes team , which is run by the Instituto Colombiano del Deportes (sp., German: Colombian Institute for Sport). The Instituto Colombiano del Deportes was one of the namesake of the team in 2009. However, the two teams have no organizational connection.

After a year without a UCI license, the team drove again in 2013 and 2014 as a Continental Team under the name 472-Colombia . In 2015 the team was again only registered nationally and returned to international cycling as the Manzana Postobón Team, initially as the Continental Team and in 2017 as the Professional Continental Team.

After several doping cases (including Juan José Amador and Wilmar Paredes ), the team announced its dissolution in 2019.

Season 2019

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
17. March	1st stage Tour de Taiwan	2.1	Bryan Gomez

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
May 3rd	1st stage Vuelta a Asturias	2.1	Carlos Quintero

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Juan José Amador	April 20, 1998	Colombia
Luis Carlos Chia (Jan 1 - Apr 30)	February 18, 1997	Colombia	AV Villas (2018)
Jhojan García (Jan 1 - Apr 30)	January 10, 1998	Colombia	Medellin (2019)
Bryan Gomez	November 19, 1994	Colombia	Holowesko Citadel (2018)
Daniel Jaramillo	January 15, 1991	Colombia	United Healthcare (2018)
Omar Mendoza (Jan 1 - Apr 30)	November 25, 1989	Colombia	Coldeportes Bicicletas Strongman (2019)
Diego Ochoa (Jan 1 - Apr 30)	5th June 1993	Colombia	EBSA-Empresa de Energía Boyacá (2019)
Juan Felipe Osorio (Jan 1st - May 24th)	January 30, 1995	Colombia	União Desportiva Oliveirense (2019)
Wilmar Paredes	April 27, 1996	Colombia
Jordan Parra	April 19, 1994	Colombia	EPM (2017)
Carlos Quintero (Jan 1 - Apr 30)	March 5, 1986	Colombia	Ningxia Sports Lottery-Livall (2019)
Jhonatan Restrepo	November 28, 1994	Colombia	Katusha-Alpecin (2018)
Aldemar Reyes (Jan 1st - May 24th)	April 22, 1995	Colombia	GW Shimano (2019)
Nicolás Sáenz (Jan 1st - May 24th)	August 7, 1997	Colombia
Yecid Sierra (Jan 1st - May 24th)	August 16, 1994	Colombia
Bernardo Suaza	November 28, 1992	Colombia
Source: UCI

2018 season

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
July 25th	4th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Hernan Aguirre
July 27th	6th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Hernan Aguirre
July 22nd - August 4th	Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Hernan Aguirre
September 4th	2nd stage Tour of Xingtai	2.2	Juan Sebastian Molano
5th September	3rd stage Tour of Xingtai	2.2	Juan Sebastian Molano
the 9th of September	2nd stage Tour of China I	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
8-15 September	Overall ranking Tour of China I	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
September 18	1st stage Tour of China II	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
8th October	1st stage Tour of Taihu Lake	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
9th October	2nd stage Tour of Taihu Lake	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
October 13th	6th stage Tour of Taihu Lake	2.1	Jordan Parra

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Hernán Aguirre	December 13, 1995	Colombia
Juan José Amador	April 20, 1998	Colombia
Hernando Bohórquez	June 22, 1992	Colombia	Raza de Campeones-Lotería de Boyacá (2015)
Jetse Bol (Jan 1 - Jul 31)	September 8, 1989	Netherlands	Join-S-De Rijke (2016)
Fabio Duarte	June 11, 1986	Colombia	EPM (2017)
Jhojan García	January 10, 1998	Colombia
Sergio Higuita	August 1, 1997	Colombia
Juan Sebastian Molano	November 4, 1994	Colombia	Colombia (2015)
Fernando Orjuela	November 4th 1991	Colombia
Juan Felipe Osorio	January 30, 1995	Colombia
Wilmar Paredes	April 27, 1996	Colombia
Jordan Parra	April 19, 1994	Colombia	EPM (2017)
Aldemar Reyes	April 22, 1995	Colombia	GW Shimano (2014)
Yecid Sierra	August 16, 1994	Colombia
Bernardo Suaza	November 28, 1992	Colombia
Ricardo Vilela	18th December 1987	Portugal	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (2016)
Juan Villegas	October 15, 1987	Colombia	SmartStop (2015)
Source: UCI

2017 season

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
August 2nd	2nd stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Wilmar Paredes
13 August	12th stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Juan Pablo Villegas

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
February 24th	3rd stage Volta ao Alentejo	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano
February 26th	5th stage Volta ao Alentejo	2.1	Juan Sebastian Molano

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Hernán Aguirre	December 13, 1995	Colombia
Juan José Amador	April 20, 1998	Colombia
Hernando Bohórquez	June 22, 1992	Colombia	Raza de Campeones-Lotería de Boyacá (2015)
Jetse Bol	September 8, 1989	Netherlands	Join-S-De Rijke (2016)
Jhojan García	January 10, 1998	Colombia
Sergio Higuita	August 1, 1997	Colombia
Juan Sebastian Molano	November 4, 1994	Colombia	Colombia (2015)
Fernando Orjuela	November 4th 1991	Colombia
Juan Felipe Osorio	January 30, 1995	Colombia
Wilmar Paredes	April 27, 1996	Colombia
Antonio Piedra	October 10, 1985	Spain	Funvic Soul Cycles-Carrefour (2016)
Aldemar Reyes	April 22, 1995	Colombia	GW Shimano (2014)
Yecid Sierra	August 16, 1994	Colombia
Bernardo Suaza	November 28, 1992	Colombia
Ricardo Vilela	18th December 1987	Portugal	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (2016)
Juan Villegas	October 15, 1987	Colombia	SmartStop (2015)
Luis Carlos Chia (Aug 1 - Dec 31, Stagiaire)	February 18, 1997	Colombia
Ever Rivera (1st Aug .---, Stagiaire)	December 27, 1991	Colombia
Cristian Ruiz (Aug 1 - Dec 31, Stagiaire)	May 17, 1997	Colombia
Source: UCI

2014 season

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
4th of March	1st stage Mexico tour	2.2	Juan Villegas
6th March	3rd stage Mexico tour	2.2	Diego Ochoa
7th March	4th stage Mexico tour	2.2	Juan Villegas
8th of March	5th stage Mexico Tour (EZF)	2.2	Juan Villegas
5th-9th March	Overall ranking Mexico Tour	2.2	Juan Villegas
11 April	Colombian Championship - Road Race (U23)	CN	Diego Ochoa

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
16th of July	Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta	2.2U	Diego Ochoa
16. – 20. July	Overall ranking Giro della Valle d'Aosta	2.2U	Bernardo Suaza

Additions Disposals

Accesses	Team 2013	Departures	Team 2014
Hernán Aguirre	Neoprofi	Heiner Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Juan Osorio	Neoprofi	Jesús Castaño	Unknown
Yors Santofimio	Neoprofi	José Galindo	Unknown
Bernardo Suaza	Neoprofi	Sebastián Salazar	Unknown
Carlos Pulgarin	Caico Cycling Team (2008)	Ever Rivera (until July 31)	Unknown
William Sánchez (from August 1st)	Neoprofi		Unknown
Cristián Serrano (from August 1st)	Neoprofi		Unknown

team

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2015
Hernán Aguirre	December 13, 1995	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Edson Calderón	3rd June 1984	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Juan Ernesto Chamorro	November 18, 1991	Colombia
Daniel Durango	November 12, 1992	Colombia
Diego Ochoa	5th June 1993	Colombia
Fernando Orjuela	November 4th 1991	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Juan Osorio	January 30, 1995	Colombia
César Paredes	5th September 1992	Colombia
Carlos Pulgarin	April 4th 1984	Colombia
Juan Diego Quintero	March 6, 1992	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Yean Rodríguez	March 7, 1991	Colombia
William Sánchez *	October 21, 1989	Colombia
Yors Santofimio	December 26, 1995	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Cristián Serrano *	April 9, 1989	Colombia
Camilo Suarez	September 18, 1988	Colombia
Bernardo Suaza	November 28, 1992	Colombia	4-72 Colombia
Carlos Urán	June 6, 1980	Colombia
Juan Pablo Villegas	October 15, 1987	Colombia	Team SmartStop

* The riders William Sánchez and Cristián Serrano were not registered with the UCI as racing cyclists for the Continental team for the 2013 season.

2009 season

Successes in the Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	driver
April 5th	4th stage Cinturón a Mallorca	2.2	Sergio Henao
2nd to 5th April	Overall ranking Cinturón a Mallorca	2.2	Sergio Henao
June 9th	3rd stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Fabio Duarte
5th of August	2nd stage Tour des Pyrénées	2.2	Fabio Duarte
4th-6th August	Overall ranking Tour des Pyrénées	2.2	Fabio Duarte

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2007	12.	Wilson Marentes (74th)
2008	7th	Fabio Duarte (18th)
2009	8th.	Sergio Henao (31st)
2010	19th	Camilo Suárez (92nd)
2011	19th	Luis Felipe Laverde (63.)
2013	12.	Edson Calderón (37th)
2014	13.	Juan Villegas (21st)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2007	125.	Óscar Sánchez (967.)
2008	95.	Jarlinson Pantano (378.)
2009	55.	Sergio Henao (150th)
2010	44.	Fabio Duarte (86.)
2011	55.	Robinson Chalapud (276.)
2012	-	-
2013	58.	Juan Ernesto Chamorro (282.)
2014	89.	Bernardo Suaza (214.)

See also

• 472-Colombia / 2013 season
• Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia / Season 2011
• Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión / Season 2010

Web links

• Official website
• Colombia es Pasión in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• 4-72-Colombia in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Manzana Postobón Team in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ coldeportes.gov.co of December 12, 2011: Ciclistas y técnicos de Colombia Coldeportes reunidos en Bogotá  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ cyclingnews.com from December 15, 2011: Gallery: Coldeportes team undergo preliminary testing in Bogotá
3. ↑ Postobón define a plantilla de calidad en su regreso profesional. biciciclismo.com, November 12, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Juan José Amador refuses to accept positive test as Manzana Postobon stick by rider
5. ↑ Doping: cycling team disband