Movistar Team / 2012 season

This article lists the achievements and drivers of the Movistar team in the 2012 season .

Success in the UCI World Tour

date	run	winner
21th January	5th stage Tour Down Under	Alejandro Valverde
6th March	3rd stage Paris – Nice	Alejandro Valverde
2nd of April	1st stage Vuelta ciclista al País Vasco	José Joaquín Rojas
May 14th	9th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Francisco José Ventoso
May 19th	14th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Andrey Amador
June 9th	6th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné	Nairo Quintana
June 10th	2nd stage Tour de Suisse	Rui Costa
9-17 June	Overall ranking Tour de Suisse	Rui Costa
July 19	17th stage Tour de France	Alejandro Valverde
18th of August	1st stage Vuelta a España	Team time trial
20th of August	3rd stage Vuelta a España	Alejandro Valverde
August 25	8th stage Vuelta a España	Alejandro Valverde

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
21st of February	2nd stage Ruta del Sol	2.1	Alejandro Valverde
19.-23. February	Overall rating Ruta del Sol	2.1	Alejandro Valverde
3 March	1st stage Vuelta a Murcia	2.1	Nairo Quintana
3rd to 4th March	Overall ranking Vuelta a Murcia	2.1	Nairo Quintana
April 5th	4th stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe	2.1	Francisco José Ventoso
April 8th	Klasika Primavera	1.1	Giovanni Visconti
13-15 April	Overall ranking Vuelta a Castilla y León	2.1	Javier Moreno
April 28	2a. Stage Vuelta a Asturias	2.1	Jesús Herrada
27.-29. April	Overall ranking Vuelta a Asturias	2.1	Beñat Intxausti
5th of May	1st stage Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid (EZF)	2.1	Jónathan Castroviejo
June 16	3rd stage Route du Sud	2.1	Nairo Quintana
14.-17. June	Overall ranking Route du Sud	2.1	Nairo Quintana
June 22	Belarusian Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Branislau Samojlau
June 24th	Spanish Championship - Road Race	CN	Francisco José Ventoso
July 31	Circuito de Getxo	1.1	Giovanni Visconti
August 24th	5th stage Tour du Poitou Charentes	2.1	Francisco José Ventoso
October 6th	Giro dell'Emilia	1.HC	Nairo Quintana

Disposals - additions

Accesses	Team 2011	Departures	Team 2012
Jónathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	Luis Pasamontes	Movistar Continental Team
Vladimir Karpez	Katusha team	Carlos Oyarzun	Triciclo-USM
José Herrada	Caja Rural	José Vicente García	End of career
Javier Moreno	Caja Rural	Francisco Perez	End of career
Nairo Quintana	Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia	Mauricio Soler	End of career
Giovanni Visconti	Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
Juan José Cobo	Geox-TMC
Alejandro Valverde	Doping ban

team

Surname	birthday	nationality
Andrey Amador	August 29, 1986	Costa Rica
David Arroyo	January 7, 1980	Spain
Marzio Bruseghin	June 15, 1974	Italy
Jónathan Castroviejo	April 27, 1987	Spain
Juan José Cobo	February 11, 1981	Spain
Rui Costa	5th October 1986	Portugal
Imanol Erviti	November 15, 1983	Spain
José Iván Gutiérrez	November 27, 1978	Spain
Jesús Herrada	July 26, 1990	Spain
José Herrada	October 1, 1985	Spain
Beñat Intxausti	March 20, 1986	Spain
Javier Iriarte	November 11, 1986	Spain
Vladimir Karpez	20th September 1980	Russia
Vasil Kiryenka	June 28, 1981	Belarus
Ignatas Konovalovas	December 8, 1985	Lithuania
Pablo Lastras	20th January 1976	Spain
David López	May 13, 1981	Spain
Ángel Madrazo	July 30, 1988	Spain
Javier Moreno	July 18, 1984	Spain
Sergio Pardilla	January 16, 1984	Spain
Rubén Plaza	February 29, 1980	Spain
Nairo Quintana	4th February 1990	Colombia
José Joaquín Rojas	June 2nd 1985	Spain
Branislau Samojlau	May 25, 1985	Belarus
Enrique Sanz	September 11, 1989	Spain
Alejandro Valverde	April 25, 1980	Spain
Francisco José Ventoso	May 6, 1982	Spain
Giovanni Visconti	January 13, 1983	Italy
Trainees		nationality
Marvin Angarita		Colombia

Web links

• Movistar Team / season 2012 in the database of Radsportseiten.net