With a merger of brands was presented this Tuesday the Ecuadorian continental team Movistar-Best PCa squad that for the 2022 season will have a squad of 14 ridersincluding two ladies in the sub-23 category, a commitment to the country’s cycling future.
The telephone company is in its ninth year with support pedal sport in Ecuador, while the technology will have its fifth season as a cycling team, “that fusion It allows us to strengthen cycling, add experience to have more synergy in a UCI continental squadwith more national and international presence of this team that has been a hotbed of figures that compete at an international level”, highlighted Hernán Ordóñez, vice president of the telephone company.
Based on the last few seasons, but renewed with young cycling talents, Movistar-Best PC is preparing its first participation this year in the National Road Championship to be held between February 18 and 20, in Quito.
“Regrettably five races that we had planned outside the country were suspended, that for invitations that come to us because we remain among the top three teams on the continent, but we are now focused on the championship and also for our runners to have a presence in the Pan American, which will be the objectives in the first part of the year”, he said Juan Andrade, team manager.
For this season the Italian house Gios will be the supplier of the bicycles, while the clothing will be in charge of Tim’s and the helmets of the French Ekoï, part of a annual budget of $450,000.
The national squad includes a squad of 14 runners, of these two are youth, two women under-23 and 10 professional elite, with contribution from Colombian Ruben Urbano, and everyone led by the experienced Byron Guamáfour times winner of the Tour of Ecuador.
Also part of the payroll are Jhonny Correa, Jimmy Quimbiamba, Jonathan Montenegro, Joel Fuertes, Erick Caiza, Pablo Caicedo, Mateo López, Erick Pozo, Santiago Montenegro, champion of the Vuelta in 2020, and Sebastián Novoa, bronze in the Pan American Road elite 2021.
In ladies, Cuencana Ana Vivar joins (18 years old), national champion in track and route, and the capital Marcela Penafiel (18 years old), champion of the Tour of Youth in 2020.
“The postponement of the races did not force us to extend the physical preparation, now we have the national ones but we will always have the Tour of Ecuador as the big goal of the yeartwo years have already eluded us but we hope that this 2022 will be ours”, Andrade pointed out.
“There is a lot of experience in the team, but also young elements, all with a lot of talent in search of consolidating a good season, there are important objectives, unfortunately the suspension of races in Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile complicated our preparation, but we will get to the nationals well, that is our first big goal of the year”, commented Novoa.
Completed the performance of the team in the cycling nationals, the calendar will continue with the National Cupa series of scoring tests for the local ranking, and the selective for the Pan American Road in Uruguay, in April. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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