The excellent performance that both runners had in the 2021 season served to be signed by the telephone company team.
The cycling team Movistar – Best PC incorporated into its 2022 squad two of the cyclists with the greatest projection in Ecuador, Ana Vivar and Marcela Penafiel.
As detailed by the telephone company, the good results achieved during 2021 were sufficient arguments that served to convince the Movistar – Best PC professional team to join their team with Vivar, 18, who signed for several seasons.
It was learned that the Cuenca broker also had an offer from the Team Banco Guayaquil, but he was more attracted to the telephone company project.
Vivar participated in the Cycling World Cup, held in Flanders (Belgium) in 2021, where he finished in 49th place, among more than 100 cyclists. “It was an incredible experience, something out of this world. Going to run on another continent in a super-large platoon was something that helped me learn a lot,” explained the Azuaya, who will study law after finishing high school.
Marcela Penafiel
For her part, Peñafiel, 19, who has an interesting career as a runner for the Pichincha team, won the Youth Tour in 2020 and obtained the gold medal for the gold and grana team during the last Junior National Games, made in Imbabura.
For Peñafiel, reaching the professional cycling cast means “a big step in your sports life, in his training as an athlete and as a person at the same time”. “I am happy and excited about this new project, because I know that I can get ahead doing what I like and from now on a new adventure begins”, he commented.
“It is very important how the Movistar team is supporting women’s cycling and it is motivating see these new projects like the merger of these two teams,” he added.
As announced by the Movistar – Best Pc team, the presentation of the squad is planned for the 2022 season on a date that is yet to be defined and there will be many surprises. (D)
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