2015 Movistar Team season explained

Team:Movistar Team
Season:2015
Men:yes
Ucicode:MOV
Status:UCI ProTeam
Manager:Eusebio Unzué
Sponsor:Telefónica
Base:Spain
Bikes:Canyon
Groupset:Campagnolo
Onedaywins:4
Stageraceoverall:4
Stageracestages:19
Natcwins:4
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
Rider2014 team
Winner Anacona[1]
Rubén Fernández[2]
Marc Solerneo-pro
Rory Sutherland
Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season
Rider2015 team
Iván GutiérrezRetired
Rubén Plaza
Sylwester Szmyd

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour Down Under, Stage 2 Stirling
Tour de San Luis, Stage 5 San Luis
Tour Down Under, Teams classification [3]
Deià
Tour of Qatar, Stage 1 Sealine Beach Resort
Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1b Coria del Río
Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 2 Lucena
Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 5 Alhaurín de la Torre
Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1 Lido di Camaiore
Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5 Terminillo
Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification
Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification [4]
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 Olot
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5 Valls
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 Barcelona
Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2b Angers
Amorebieta
Vuelta a Castilla y León, Spanish rider classification
Vuelta a Castilla y León, Teams classification [5]
Huy
Ans
Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 1 Pola de Lena
Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2 Oviedo
Vuelta a Asturias, Overall
Vuelta a Asturias, Points classification
Vuelta a Asturias, Teams classification [6]
Giro d'Italia, Stage 8 Campitello Matese
Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stage 4 Haßfurt
Bayern–Rundfahrt, Overall
Giro d'Italia, Mountains classification
Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification [7]
Tour de France, Young rider classification
Tour de France, Teams classification [8]
Tour de Pologne, Overall
Tour du Limousin, Stage 2 Lissac-sur-Couze
Vuelta a España, Stage 4 Vejer de la Frontera
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 Loudun
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Teams classification [9]
Vuelta a España, Points classification
Vuelta a España, Team classification [10]

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Bogogno
Cadwell Park
Cáceres
Cáceres

Notes and References

  1. News: News shorts: US team looks ahead to 2015 Worlds in Richmond. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 September 2014. 8 February 2015.
  2. News: Rubén Fernández signs for Movistar - Cyclingnews.com. 8 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115324/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ruben-fernandez-signs-for-movistar. 2014-08-26. dead.
  3. The riders on the squad were Eros Capecchi, Rubén Fernández, Gorka Izagirre, Pablo Lastras, Juan José Lobato, José Herrada and Enrique Sanz
  4. The riders on the squad were Nairo Quintana, Andrey Amador, Jonathan Castroviejo, Jesús Herrada, Adriano Malori, Javier Moreno, Francisco Ventoso and Giovanni Visconti
  5. The riders on the squad were Igor Antón, Winner Anacona, Beñat Intxausti, Jonathan Castroviejo, Javier Moreno, Enrique Sanz and Marc Soler
  6. The riders on the squad were Igor Antón, Javier Moreno, José Herrada, Jesús Herrada, Rubén Fernández, Ion Izagirre, Enrique Sanz and Marc Soler
  7. The riders on the squad were Alejandro Valverde, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, John Gadret, José Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Gorka Izagirre and Rory Sutherland
  8. The riders on the squad were Nairo Quintana, Winner Anacona, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, Imanol Erviti, José Herrada, Gorka Izagirre, Adriano Malori and Alejandro Valverde
  9. The riders on the squad were Alex Dowsett, Jonathan Castroviejo, John Gadret, José Herrada, Enrique Sanz, Adriano Malori and Jasha Sütterlin
  10. The riders on the squad were Alejandro Valverde, Andrey Amador, Imanol Erviti, Javier Moreno, Nairo Quintana, José Joaquín Rojas, Rory Sutherland, Francisco Ventoso and Giovanni Visconti