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I agree with your general sentiment, given how absolutely starving for winning riders this team was for the last few years, adding any sort of (potential) high-end talent is exciting enough to forget that this is probably going to blow up in Eusebio's face at some point down the road. :sweatsmile:

According to Dan Benson, Pavel Novak (3rd at this years Next Gen Giro) will ride for Movistar from 2026 on. Interesting fit. View: https://x.com/dnlbenson/status/1968383712237949356

Sigh... this team just can not win. Well played by Ayuso though, that was a bit too easy.

You're right, the peak days of Movistar were when they had multiple leaders capable of winning week-long stage races and even the occasional Grand Tour. You can't replace Alejandro Valverde EVER and even a Nairo Quintana or Richard Carapaz of old days won't come along any time soon. But to me...

View: https://x.com/Movistar_Team/status/1849003524669006032 Movistar it is for Marlen Reusser, 3-year-contract.

After doing next to nothing in his first season with Movistar, Rémi Cavagna and the team seem to end the contract (running through the 2026 season) mutually. It is rumored that he will sign with Groupama-FDJ. View: https://x.com/As_Ciclismo/status/1843701383431942194

SHOCKER!

HERE HE COMES!! HE GOES FOR GOLD! NOTHING CAN STOP HIM! Edit: My bad, i might have gotten carried away a bit.

I came to greatly dislike transfer season as a Movistar supporter, and it's been like this for a while. Everybody gets to show off their new shiny toys while I scroll through dozens of pages to maybe get a crumb of information about which young spanish talent or which big rider Eusebio managed...

Mas looks like he - really does not think he can win a stage - really does not care about Ben O'Connor The fact that they let him come back dazzles me a bit, BOC has a real shot tomorrow to fend off Mas and Carapaz and remain in 2nd. I am rather certain this group didn't go all out the last...

As strong as Mas was in the first week (which is very unusual for him), I should've figured his form then was too good to be true (for three weeks). We will see how the weekend goes, but winning the Vuelta is definitely not going to happen. If not for Mas' fading legs, it's for MOV's absolute...

Good god almighty, my heart just skipped three beats, that was scary.

Guess i can throw that take into the wind (the Almeida part, that is). Enric looks like he is in incredible shape, and it would be a shame if he didn't turn that into a stage win. I just can't fathom him winning ... anything really.

I like your optimism, but this is far from a two horse race between Enric and Roglic. Yes, Primoz is very likely going to be the guy to beat, but personally I still believe that Joao Almeida is all around just going to be stronger than Enric. He will need a little bit of luck on his side, I assume.

Yeah, that is shaping up to be one rough campaign. Here is to hoping that guys like Pelayo Sanchez and Carlos Canal can deliver good results on a more consistent basis. As I was already asking in the Movistar team forum though, one question will remain with the current state of the 2025 roster...