Team Manzana Postobón Explained

Team Manzana Postobón
Code:	MZN
Registered:	Colombia
Disbanded:	2019
Teammanager:	Luis Fernando Saldarriaga
Discipline:	Road
Status:	National (2006) UCI Continental (2007–2014) National (2015) UCI Continental (2016) UCI Professional Continental (2017–2019)
Bicycles:	Gios
Season:	2006 2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–2012 2012–2014 2015–2019
Oldname:	Colombia es Pasión Colombia es Pasión Team Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia 4-72 Colombia Team Manzana Postobón

Team Manzana Postobón was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Colombia. The team was founded in 2006, becoming a Continental team in 2007. In 2015, the team competed as a club, before returning to Continental status the following year. From 2017 until its disbanding in 2019 the team held Professional Continental status.

In 2016 the team had quality to finally jump up to the Pro Continental level for 2017, the first Colombian professional team in that level since Team Colombia cycling team in 2015.^[1]

On May 25, 2019, the team announced that it would fold with immediate effect after two doping cases had been announced.^[2]

Doping

In April 2019 the team terminated Wilmar Paredes’ contract after the UCI announced that he had tested positive for EPO.^[3]

In May 2019 Juan José Amador notified of an adverse analytical finding for the banned steroid, Boldenone an out-of-competition control held on 22 October 2018. According to UCI anti-doping regulation 7.12.1, the team will now be suspended for a period of between 15 and 45 days, to be decided by the UCI Disciplinary Commission, due to the team registering a second adverse analytical finding within a 12-month period.^[4]

Major wins

2007

Stage 5 Ronde de l'Isard, Oscar Sanchez

20px Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes, Sergio Luis Henao

Stage 4 & 6, Sergio Luis Henao

Stage 3 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jairo Salas

2008

Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Rafael Montiel

Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Wilson Marentes

Stage 4 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jesus Castaño

Stage 5 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jeffry Romero

2009

20px Overall Cinturón a Mallorca, Sergio Luis Henao

Stage 4, Sergio Luis Henao

Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte

20px Overall Tour des Pyrénées, Fabio Duarte

Stage 2 Fabio Duarte

2010

Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias, Fabio Duarte

20px Overall Circuito Montañés, Fabio Duarte

Stage 4, Fabio Duarte

Stage 5 & 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte

Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Luis Felipe Laverde

2011

Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia, Jarlinson Pantano

2013

20px Overall Ronde de l'Isard, Juan Ernesto Chamorro

Stage 3, Heiner Parra

Stage 4 Vuelta al Sur de Bolivia, Camilo Suárez

Stage 5 Vuelta al Sur de Bolivia, Edson Calderón

2014

20px Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Juan Pablo Villegas

Stages 1, 4 & 5 (ITT), Juan Pablo Villegas

Stage 3, Diego Ochoa

National U23 Road Race Championships, Diego Ochoa

20px Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Bernardo Suaza

Prologue, Diego Ochoa

2016

Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia, Juan Sebastián Molano

2017

Stages 3 & 5 Volta ao Alentejo, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Wilmar Paredes

Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Juan Pablo Villegas

2018

Pan American Cycling Championships Road Race, Juan Sebastián Molano

20px Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Hernán Aguirre

Stages 4 & 6, Hernán Aguirre

Stage 2 & 3 Tour of Xingtai, Juan Sebastián Molano

20px Overall Tour of China I, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stage 2, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stage 1 Tour of China II, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stages 1 & 2 Tour of Taihu Lake, Juan Sebastián Molano

Stages 6 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jordan Parra 2019

Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Bryan Gómez Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Carlos Quintero

National champions

2014

Colombian U23 Road Race Championship, Diego Ochoa

Notes and References

Web site: Colombia–Coldeportes team forced to fold. 14 October 2015.
Web site: Manzana Postobón fold with immediate effect after doping cases. 25 May 2019.
Web site: Manzana Postobón cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive. 6 April 2019.
Web site: Juan José Amador refuses to accept positive test as Manzana Postobón stick by rider. 21 May 2019.