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The Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez is new runner Movistar team for the 2021 season. The team confirmed it through their social networks.
“Very happy to be part of one of the best teams in world cycling. As always, I will do my best to represent the Movistar Team and the Colombian fans in the best way. It has always been a very special team for everyone. fans of my country and very important for cycling in Latin America, “said López, 26, born in Pesca (Boyacá).
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The Spanish team did not have a great appearance in the big three this season: it obtained two fifth places with Enric Mas both in the Tour de France like in the Back to Spain, while in the Giro d’Italia, which in 2019 the Ecuadorian won Ríchard Carapaz in that shirt, his best-placed runner was Sergio Samitier, position 13, more than 35 minutes.
“The arrival of Miguel Ángel López is a very important reinforcement for the team. With him we will have, in addition to a man with experience and great results, someone who understands cycling on the attack and who runs in an unpredictable way. Someone who already knows what it’s like to get on the Grand Tour podium and who has also achieved triumphs in week-long races. With his incorporation, we will strengthen the team for next year in the stage laps, “said Movistar director Eusebio Unzue.
‘Supermán’ López was third in the Giro d’Italia in 2018, in which he also won the best youth jersey. That same year he was also third in the Tour of Spain, in which he won two stages. In 2019 he was fifth in the Iberian round.
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This year he made his debut in the Tour de France, in which he won the queen stage. He was in the fight for the podium until the time trial on the penultimate day. He ended up in the sixth box.
In addition, he was champion of the Tour de L’Avenir in 2014, of the Tour of Switzerland in 2016, and last year he won the Tour Colombia 2.1 and the Tour of Catalonia.
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