2013 Movistar Team season explained

2013 Movistar Team season padding=15px
Manager	Eusebio Unzué
One-day victories	3
Stage race overall victories	6
Stage race stage victories	18
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The 2013 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season

Rider	2012 team
Eros Capecchi^[1]
Alex Dowsett^[2]
Argiro Ospina	neo-pro (Gobernacion de Antioquia)
Sylwester Szmyd
Eloy Teruel^[3]	ex-pro (Contentpolis-Ampo, 2009)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season

Rider	2012 team
David Arroyo^[4]
Marzio Bruseghin^[5]	Retired
Javier Iriarte	Retired
Vasil Kiryienka^[6]
Ignatas Konovalovas^[7]
David López^[8]
Sergio Pardilla
Branislau Samoilau

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
	Tour Down Under, Mountains classification
					Serra de Tramuntana
	Vuelta a Andalucía, Prologue				San Fernando
	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3				Rincón de la Victoria
	Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall
	Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification
	Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams classification		^[9]
	Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification		^[10]
	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3				Setcases
	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 4				Eibar
	Tour of the Basque Country, Overall
	Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification
	Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification		^[11]
					Amorebieta
	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 3				Cervera de Pisuerga
	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Overall
	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Teams classification		^[12]
					Madrid
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 8				Saltara
	Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2				Alto del Naranco
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 15				Les Granges du Galibier
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 16				Ivrea
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 17				Vicenza
	Giro d'Italia, Trofeo Super Team		^[13]
	Tour de Suisse, Stage 7				La Punt
	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9				Flumserberg
	Tour de Suisse, Overall
	Tour de France, Stage 16				Gap
	Tour de France, Stage 19				Le Grand-Bornand
	Tour de France, Stage 20				Annecy-Semnoz
	Tour de France, Mountains classification
	Tour de France, Young rider classification
	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 5				Lagunas de Neila
	Vuelta a Burgos, Overall
	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 5				Poitiers
	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Young rider classification
	Vuelta a España, Points classification
	Tour of Britain, Mountains classification
	Tour of Britain, Sprints classification
	Tour of Beijing, Stage 4				Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain
	Tour of Beijing, Overall
	UCI World Tour, Teams classification		^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Eros Capecchi and Sylwester Szmyd quit Liquigas-Cannondale for Movistar. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Ben. Atkins. 11 August 2012. 12 August 2012.
2. News: Wynn. Nigel. Dowsett signs to Movistar team for 2013. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. 30 October 2012. 30 October 2012.
3. Web site: Movistar Team (MOV) - ESP. 1 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
4. News: Arroyo, Txurruka y Velasco destacan "el ambiente familiar" de Caja Rural y su "ilusión" por 2013. Spanish. Arroyo, Txurruka and Velasco emphasize "family atmosphere" of Caja Rural and its "enthusiasm" for 2013. Biciciclismo. Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L.. 10 November 2012. 7 January 2013.
5. News: Bruseghin beendet Karriere. German. Bruseghin ends career. Sport1. Constantin Medien. 7 January 2013. 8 January 2013. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212458/http://www.sport1.de/de/radsport/newspage_659399.html. dead.
6. News: Kiryienka to Sky for three years. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
7. News: Giro d’Italia stage winner Konovalovas signs for growing MTN Qhubeka team. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 10 September 2012. 24 September 2012. Shane. Stokes.
8. News: Lopez added to Sky roster. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 September 2012. 24 September 2012.
9. The riders on the squad were Alejandro Valverde, José Joaquín Rojas, Javier Moreno, Iván Gutiérrez, Rubén Plaza, Imanol Erviti and Nairo Quintana
10. The riders on the squad were Andrey Amador, Eros Capecchi, Jonathan Castroviejo, Juan José Cobo, Alex Dowsett, Beñat Intxausti, Giovanni Visconti and Francisco Ventoso
11. The riders on the squad were Nairo Quintana, Jonathan Castroviejo, Juan José Cobo, Rui Costa, Jesús Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Ángel Madrazo and Javier Moreno
12. The riders on the squad were Javier Moreno, Iván Gutiérrez, Rubén Plaza, José Joaquín Rojas, Vladimir Karpets, Enrique Sanz, Sylwester Szmyd and Eloy Teruel
13. The riders on the squad were Eros Capecchi, Juan José Cobo, Alex Dowsett, José Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Vladimir Karpets, Pablo Lastras, Francisco Ventoso and Giovanni Visconti
14. This award is calculated by adding the points earned by a team's top five riders in the individual standings. Those five riders were Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, Rui Costa, Beñat Intxausti, and Javier Moreno