MOVISTAR TEAM RIDERS & NEWS

Car hit in Spain leaves Mathias Norsgaard out of competition for six months

Movistar's newest signing Mathias Norsgaard has suffered a crash with a car in Girona, Spain, that left him with leg fractures. Read more...

Movistar signs Mathias Norsgaard and extends with Eduard Prades

Movistar Team has confirmed the signing of young talent Mathias Norsgaard and the contract extension of Edu Prades. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde thanks fans for keeping him informed after radio malfunction in Vuelta a España stage 20

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) successfully defended his second overall place in the Vuelta a España by finishing the 20th stage in the second position. Read more...

Movistar apologises for events of Vuelta a España stage 19: We were not trying to take advantage of our rivals' crash

Movistar Team has issued an apology on social media for the behaviour that it showed during the 19th stage of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Movistar accuses UCI of influencing outcome after crash in Vuelta a España

Movistar team tried to take advantage of the mass crash in the peloton at the Vuelta a España, pulling and leaving the other GC contenders behind. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic remains very strong

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) climbed one spot and is currently in the second overall place of the Vuelta a España, after the end of the 18th stage. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: It's nice to do so well in an 'anti-Nairo' stage

Movistar's Nairo Quintana was the GC rider that profited the most of the wind and craziness of the 17th stage at the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Astana saved the Red Jersey for Roglic

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has lost one position in the General Classification at the end of the 17th stage while Nairo Quintana climbed to the second overall place. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: It wasn't my worst day but not the best either

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has lost some time in the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España but remains in the second position of the General Classification. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic and I had a good understanding

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) crossed the finish line of the Vuelta a España stage 15 in the ninth place, maintaining the gap with Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: My wrist hurts a bit, but I don't think it's serious

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was affected by the mass crash of the 14th stage in the Vuelta a España, but he was able to cross the finish line. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: I don't want people to say that I was saving it for later

Movistar's Nairo Quintana crossed the finish line of the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España in the fifth position, 27 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic has shown to be the strongest rider

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde lost some time in the 13th stage of the Vuelta a España but managed to remain in the second place of the General Classification. Read more...

Richard Carapaz misses OVO Energy Tour of Britain due to visa problems

Movistar's Richard Carapaz will miss the OVO Energy Tour of Britain due to problems with his visa. Read more...

Richard Carapaz and Mikel Landa to lead Movistar in OVO Energy Tour of Britain

Richard Carapaz and Mikel Landa are set to lead Movistar in the upcoming edition of the OVO Tour of Britain. Read more...

Contract news roundup: Chris Lawless, Hugo Houle, Imanol Erviti

More teams keep announcing their rosters for the next seasons and the lastest news includes contract extensions for Chris Lawless, Hugo Houle and Imanol Erviti. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: We are all tired of the leadership debate

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) finished the individual time trial of the tenth stage at the Vuelta a España one minute and 38 seconds behind the winner of the day Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: It wasn't my best time trial but I'll keep on fighting

Movistar's Nairo Quintana has lost the lead of the General Classification in the Individual Time Trial of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: I’m really thankful of what Marc Soler did at the finish

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) crossed the finish line of the ninth stage of the Vuelta a España in the second position and climbed to the top of the General Classification. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Nairo and me are within the top 4 GC contenders

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde was the first rider to cross the finish line at the ascent of Más de la Costa in the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins mountain battle on Mas de la Costa in Vuelta a España

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has taken the victory of the mountain finish of Mas de la Costa in the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: The team has decided that Valverde is the leader

Movistar Team's Nairo Quintana has explained that the formation has decided that Alejandro Valverde will be the leader for the remainder of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: I had never won like this so far in my career

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) took the victory of the second stage at the Vuelta a España and climbed to the second position of the overall classification. Read more...

Nairo Quintana and Nicolas Roche celebrate in second stage of Vuelta a España

Movistar Team's Nairo Quintana has taken the victory of the second stage at the Vuelta a España while Sunweb's Nicolas Roche took the leader's jersey. Read more...

Movistar keeps trusting Colombian talent with two new signings and one contract extension

Movistar Team has announced the signing of two Colombian young promising riders and the contract extension of a member of the women's team from the same South American country. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde, Richard Carapaz and Nairo Quintana lead Movistar in Vuelta a España

Movistar Team has announced its roster for the upcoming edition of the Vuelta a España, which will be the 40th time the formation starts in the Spanish grand tour. Read more...

Movistar confirms signings of Dario Cataldo and Davide Villella

Movistar Team has confirmed the signings of Dario Cataldo and Davide Villella for at least two years. Read more...

Enric Mas signs three-year contract with Movistar

Movistar Team has announced the signing of Enric Mas for the next three seasons. Read more...

Nairo Quintana confirms intentions of riding Vuelta a España

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wants to repeat his victory in the Vuelta a España and confirmed his participation in the race at the end of the Tour de France. Read more...

Father of Nairo Quintana confirms move to Arkea-Samsic

Nairo Quintana's move to Arkea-Samsic has been confirmed by his father. The rider would finish his adventure in Movistar at the end of 2019. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: I knew this could be a great day for me

Movistar's Nairo Quintana was the strongest man on the first day in the Alps in the 18th stage of the Tour de France. The Colombian crossed the finish line by himself. Read more...

Nairo Quintana wins 18th stage, Julian Alaphilippe defends Yellow in Tour de France

Movistar's Nairo Quintana has taken the victory of the 18th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Movistar's Eusebio Unzue: The rumours about Richard Carapaz and Nairo Quintana seem to be true

The General Manager of Movistar Eusebio Unzue has confirmed some rumours that have been going around about Richard Carapaz, Nairo Quintana, Mikel Landa and Enric Mas. Read more...

Short news roundup: Wilco Kelderman, Movistar, James Knox

The short news of the day includes another abandon at the Tour de France and contract extensions in Spanish and Belgian teams. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: We delivered a great team strategy for Mikel

Movistar's Nairo Quintana finished the 15th stage of the Tour de France in the 19th position, two minutes and 58 seconds behind the winner Simon Yates. Read more...

Tour de France - Alejandro Valverde: Nairo didn't tell us anything, you'd have to ask him why

Alejandro Valverde managed to control the loses at the challenging 14th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: It is clear that it wasn't a good day

Movistar's Nairo Quintana dropped five positions in the General Classification of the Tour de France after having a difficult day on the 14th stage of the race. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana comes out from late crash practically unscathed

Movistar's Nairo Quintana was involved in the late crash of the 11th stage at the Tour de France, after which he led a chase that eventually got to the peloton. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: I feel like we’ve got a decent chance

Movistar's Nairo Quintana sits in the eighth position of the General Classification of the Tour de France after being in the front group at the tenth stage of the race. Read more...

Tour de France - Mikel Landa: One moment I was on my bike, the next one I was on the ground

Mikel Landa crashed at the tenth stage of the Tour de France and arrived to the finish line more than two minutes after the stage winner Wout van Aert. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: I got distracted but the team was there to back me up

Nairo Quintana was one of the men involved in one of the most exciting moments of the seventh stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: We fulfilled our goal of not losing time

Movistar's Nairo Quintana crossed the finish line in the seventh position at the sixth stage of the Tour de France, the first real climbing day of the race. Read more...

Tour de France - Mikel Landa: It’s difficult to be with the top contenders on days like these

Movistar Team finished in the 17th position of the team time trial at the Tour de France. The leaders of the Spanish squad lost some time to their direct rivals. Read more...

Spanish media: Enric Mas to sign three-year contract with Movistar

Enric Mas is set to leave Deceuinck-Quick-Step to move to Movistar for three seasons, Spanish media reports just before the start of the Tour de France. Read more...

Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa to lead Movistar in Tour de France

Movistar team has announced that Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa will lead the roster for the 2019 Tour de France. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins Spanish national title: The feelings ahead of the Tour are really good

Alejandro Valverde has taken his third Spanish national title at the 2019 championships in his home region of Murcia. Read more...

Sheyla Gutierrez tops complete Movistar podium in Spanish ITT Championships

Sheyla Gutierrez has taken the victory in the individual time trial of the Spanish national championships. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde signs new deal with Movistar until 2021: This is my home

Movistar has announced that Alejandro Valverde has extended his contract as a rider until 2021 and will remain working with the team until at least 2024. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde makes successful return by winning opening stage of Route d'Occitanie

Alejandro Valverde has shown to be completely recovered by taking the victory of the first stage of the Route d'Occitanie. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde to return to competition in Route d'Occitanie

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde is returning to competition in the Route d'Occitanie. Read more...