Movistar Team (men's team)

"Team Caisse d'Epargne" redirects here. For the French banking group, see Groupe Caisse d'Épargne. For the Luxembourgish bank, see Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État. For the Grand Prix motorcycle racing team sponsored by Movistar, see Yamaha Motor Racing.
For the women's team, see Movistar Team (women's team).
Movistar Team
Team information
UCI codeMOV
RegisteredSpain
Founded1980 (1980)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI WorldTeam
BicyclesCanyon
ComponentsSRAM
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerEusebio Unzué
Team manager(s)José Vicente García
Pablo Lastras
Max Sciandri
Patxi Vila
Team name history
1980–1989 Reynolds
1990–2000 Banesto
2001–2003 iBanesto.com
2004–2005 Illes Balears–Banesto
2005 Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne
2006 Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
2007–2010 Caisse d'Epargne
2011– Movistar Team
Current season

Movistar Team (UCI team code: MOV) is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates at UCI WorldTeam level and has achieved thirteen general classification (GC) victories in Grand Tours. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company's brand Movistar.[1]

The team was formed as Reynolds, led by Ángel Arroyo and later by Pedro Delgado, who won a Tour de France and a Vuelta a España, and was subsequently sponsored by Banesto, under which name the team included 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin and Alex Zülle, twice winner of the Vuelta a España. The team offices are in Egüés, in Navarre, Spain.[2] A later sponsor was Caisse d'Épargne, a French semi-cooperative banking group.

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. The directeurs sportifs of the team are José Vicente García, Pablo Lastras, José Luis Jaimerena, Patxi Vila and Max Sciandri.[3]

  1. ^ "Telefonica to take over as Caisse d'Epargne sponsor from 2011 - Cyclingnews.com". Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ^ "2009 Riders and teams Database — Cyclingnews.com". Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Sciandri moves to Movistar team car in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.