Movistar Continental Team

Movistar Continental Team
Team data
UCI code	MOT
nationality	Colombia
License	Continental team
operator	Abarca Sports Colombia SAS
First season	2011
Last season	2012
discipline	Street
staff
Team manager	Eusebio Unzué
Sportl. ladder	Libardo Leyton
Team photo
Website
www.movistarteam.com

The Movistar Continental Team is a former Colombian cycling team .

The team was founded in 2011 and took part in the UCI Continental Circuits as a Continental team . The manager was Eusebio Unzué Labiano, who was supported by the sporting director Libardo Leyton. The team was a farm team from ProTeam Movistar . Since 2013 the team no longer has a license as a Continental Team.

2011 season

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
April 16	Bolivian Championship - Individual Time Trial	NC	Óscar Soliz
14th June	2 B. Stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Byron Guamá
18th of June	6th stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Byron Guamá
June 24th	11th stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Fredy González
July 14th	2nd stage Vuelta a Venezuela	2.2	Marvin Angarita
20th of July	8b. Stage Vuelta a Venezuela	2.2	Marvin Angarita
July 23	11th stage Vuelta a Venezuela	2.2	Marvin Angarita
24th July	12th stage Vuelta a Venezuela	2.2	Marvin Angarita
7th of September	Colombian Championship - Road Race (U23)	NC	Marvin Angarita
20th of December	5th stage Vuelta a Costa Rica (EZF)	2.2	Grégory Brenes
December 27th	11th stage Vuelta a Costa Rica	2.2	Grégory Brenes
December 28th	12th stage Vuelta a Costa Rica	2.2	Óscar Soliz

team

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2010
José Alarcon	June 12, 1988	Venezuela	Neoprofi
Marvin Angarita	April 11, 1989	Colombia	Neoprofi
Grégory Brenes	April 21, 1988	Costa Rica	Burgos 2016-Castilla y León
Ramiro Cabrera	February 8, 1988	Uruguay	Neoprofi
Nicolás Castro	July 28, 1988	Colombia	Neoprofi
Carlos Gálviz	October 27, 1989	Venezuela	Neoprofi
Ricardo Giraldo	September 29, 1984	Colombia	Neoprofi
Fredy González	June 18, 1975	Colombia	Colombia es Pasión (2007)
Byron Guamá	June 14, 1985	Ecuador	Burgos 2016-Castilla y León
Luis Macías	May 14, 1982	Mexico	Rock racing
Juan Pablo Magallanes	February 6, 1982	Mexico	Rock racing
Hernán Darío Muñoz	5th January 1973	Colombia	05 Orbitel (2004)
Ignacio Sarabia	July 15, 1983	Mexico	Rock racing
Óscar Soliz	January 9, 1985	Bolivia	Neoprofi
Fernando Ureña	February 20, 1983	Panama	Neoprofi

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI America Tour 2011

	driver	Points
17th	Carlos Gálviz	85
19th	Byron Guamá	82
22nd	Óscar Soliz	72
53.	Marvin Angarita	42
101.	Luis Macías	27
123.	Grégory Brenes	21st
129.	José Alarcon	20th
326.	Hernán Darío Muñoz	5

2012 season

The UCI announced on January 26, 2012 that the team, as one of three American Continental teams, had the right to start all races in the first and second UCI categories of the UCI America Tour 2012 due to its placement in a fictional ranking at the start of the season .

America Tour successes

date	run	Cat.	driver
April 28	Bolivian Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Óscar Soliz
June 21st	8th stage Vuelta a Colombia	2.2	Byron Guamá
June 22	Panamanian Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Ramón Carretero
June 22	Panamanian Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	CN	Ramón Carretero
November 18	1st stage Vuelta Mundo Maya (EZF)	2.2	Grégory Brenes
November 19th	2nd stage Vuelta Mundo Maya	2.2	Byron Guamá
20th November	3rd stage Vuelta Mundo Maya	2.2	Alejandro Serna
November 23	6th stage Vuelta Mundo Maya	2.2	Freddy Montaña
November 24th	7th stage Vuelta Mundo Maya	2.2	Marvin Angarita
25. November	8th stage Vuelta Mundo Maya	2.2	Marvin Angarita

Disposals - additions

Accesses	Team 2011	Departures	Team 2012
Luis Pasamontes	Movistar	Fredy González	Azad University Cross Team
Freddy Montaña	Boyacá Orgullo de America	Nicolás Castro	Unknown
Alejandro Serna	Formesan Panachi Indian Santander	Ricardo Giraldo	Unknown
Jader Bentancur	Neoprofi	Juan Pablo Magallanes	Unknown
Ramón Carretero	Neoprofi	Hernán Darío Muñoz	Unknown
Omar Mendoza	Neoprofi	Fernando Ureña	Unknown

team

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2013
José Alarcón	June 12, 1988	Venezuela	Gobernación de Mérida-PDVSA
Marvin Angarita	April 11, 1989	Colombia	Movistar Team America
Jader Bentancur	August 28, 1992	Colombia	Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín
Grégory Brenes	April 21, 1988	Costa Rica	Coopenae Movistar Economy
Ramiro Cabrera	February 8, 1988	Uruguay	Funvic Brasilinvest-São José dos Campos
Ramón Carretero	November 26, 1990	Panama	Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
Carlos Gálviz	October 27, 1989	Venezuela
Byron Guamá	June 14, 1985	Ecuador	Movistar Team America
Luis Macías	May 14, 1982	Mexico	Depredadores Team Chetumal
Omar Mendoza	November 25, 1989	Colombia	Movistar Team America
Freddy Montaña	November 23, 1982	Colombia	Movistar Team America
Luis Pasamontes	2nd October 1979	Spain
Ignacio Sarabia	July 15, 1983	Mexico	Depredadores Team Chetumal
Alejandro Serna	5th February 1984	Colombia	Movistar Team America
Óscar Soliz	January 9, 1985	Bolivia	Movistar Team America

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2011	3.	Carlos Gálviz (17th)
2012	11.	Freddy Montaña (41st)

Web links

Commons : Movistar Continental Team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Movistar Continental Team in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI Press release from January 26th, 2012: UCI Continental Circuits: publication of the list of UCI Continental teams automatically invited  ( 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.