![]() ![]() The Tour victory of Phonak rider Floyd Landis was almost immediately called into question, after a urine sample taken after his Stage 17 win twice tested positive for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules. ![]() Individually, the team's top rider, Óscar Pereiro, finished in second place. Mancebo produced the best results finishing fourth overall in the General Classification.Ĭaisse d'Epargne (2006–2010) Alejandro Valverde in the race leader's jersey during the final stage of the 2009 Vuelta a EspañaĬaisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears finished fifth overall (56 minutes, 53 seconds behind Team T-Mobile) in the Team Classification at the 2006 Tour de France. The team fielded a number of strong contenders in the 2005 Tour de France including Francisco Mancebo ( former National Champion of Spain), Alejandro Valverde, Vladimir Karpets and sprinter Isaac Gálvez. Caisse d'Epargne then became the main sponsor in 2006 reversing the title sponsor ordering with the name, Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears. Caisse d'Epargne took over from Banesto as the second sponsor in the 2005 season, the team was then known as Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne. In 2004, Illes Balears, the Balearic Island's Tourism Board, became the team's principal sponsor, the team's name was Illes Balears-Banesto until 2005. The team became known as in the final years of the sponsorship of the Banesto bank. During this time Alex Zülle joined the team and finished the 1999 Tour de France second overall while legendary climber José María Jiménez performed in the Vuelta a España. ![]() The team won the Vuelta again in 1998 with Abraham Olano. The team also achieved success with Jean-François Bernard who won the 1992 edition of Paris–Nice with the team. Delgado was the team leader for the Vuelta. Over the following years, Indurain rose to become a dominator of stage races winning five editions of the Tour de France and two editions of the Giro d'Italia. Gorospe lost the leader's jersey and Delgado took over the leadership but could not regain the time that Italian Marco Giovannetti had gained and ended the race second overall behind Giovannetti. When Gorospe took the lead in that year's Vuelta, the team went behind him in a bid to win the race. Delgado was the team leader for the Tour de France while Miguel Induráin and Julián Gorospe were the leaders for the week long stage races. In 1990, Spanish bank Banesto took over as the main sponsor of the team from Reynolds. In 1984, Miguel Induráin made his professional debut with the team.īanesto (1990–2003) Gérard Rué in a Banesto jersey in 1993 Delgado changed teams in 1985 but returned to Reynolds in 1988 where he won the 1988 Tour de France and then the 1989 Vuelta a España with the team. Arroyo became the first winner of the Vuelta a España to be disqualified. Īrroyo and the Reynolds team denied that Arroyo doped and asked for a B-analysis which confirmed the positive A-sample. 48 hours after his Vuelta win, the results of a positive test were made known for Methylphenidate (Ritalin). Arroyo won the Vuelta after his team controlled the race after he took the lead. In 1982 signed a young Pedro Delgado who acted as a domestique for team leader Ángel Arroyo during the 1982 Vuelta a España. The team began in 1980 as the Reynolds team which José Miguel Echavarri as the directeur sportif. The directeurs sportifs of the team are José Vicente García, Pablo Lastras, José Luis Jaimerena, Patxi Vila and Max Sciandri. Since 2008, Eusebio Unzué has been the manager of the team after the long running manager, José Miguel Echavarri, retired from the sport. Having previously used Pinarello bikes, the team rode Canyon frames in 2014, with Campagnolo parts. A later sponsor was Caisse d'Epargne, a French semi-cooperative banking group. The team offices are in Egüés, in Navarre, Spain. The team was formed as Reynolds, led by Ángel Arroyo and later by Pedro Delgado, who won a Tour de France and a Vuelta a España, and was subsequently sponsored by Banesto, under which name the team included 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin and Alex Zülle, twice winner of the Vuelta a España. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company's brand Movistar. Movistar Team ( UCI team code: MOV) is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates at UCI WorldTeam level and has achieved thirteen general classification (GC) victories in Grand Tours. ![]()
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