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They have certainly huge riders like Valverde and Quintana, but Movistar isn't a huge team at all budgetwise
Sky, Katusha, Astana, BMC, Bahrein-Merida all have much bigger budgets. Movistar is in the same range as Lotto-Jumbo NL.
Their four-in-a-row win in the UCI World Tour indicates something different maybe, but they simply achieved beyond their means the previous years. Movistar is victim of their own success, with the departure of Ion as best example.
spiritualride said:Why do UCI points matter so much? What is the benefit to a team to finish 1st vs 2nd vs 5th in the points?
This is a general question about all teams but I didn't want to clog the forum with a new thread to ask this dumb question... thought a team thread would be a good place since Movistar is such a huge team.
They have certainly huge riders like Valverde and Quintana, but Movistar isn't a huge team at all budgetwise
Sky, Katusha, Astana, BMC, Bahrein-Merida all have much bigger budgets. Movistar is in the same range as Lotto-Jumbo NL.
Their four-in-a-row win in the UCI World Tour indicates something different maybe, but they simply achieved beyond their means the previous years. Movistar is victim of their own success, with the departure of Ion as best example.