Imanol Erviti, José Joaquín Rojas, Lluís Mas and Albert Torres will continue with Movistar next seasonas reported by the Spanish team, the oldest of all that make up the World Tour.
For Rojas, this will be his seventeenth season wearing the colors of Eusebio Unzué’s teamwhere he was again the main pillar in the two rounds of three weeks -the Giro and La Vuelta- in 2022 and also succeeded in the individual victory with his second place in the 4th stage of the Tour de Wallonie.
Imanol Erviti will reach nineteen seasons as a professional, always with the structure of Unzuéwhere he made his contribution again this year in the Tour and, especially, in the rounds at the end of the campaign, such as Ain, where Pedrero and Sosa stood), Limousin, where Aranburu or Great Britain prevailed, with the general for Serrano.
“This continues to make me many contributions to my colleagues; That’s why I’m here, to help. Nice to meet you, nice to work with. It will be 19 years and of course 2023 will be different because it will be without Alejandro Valverde. Just this year I ran him the Occitania and the trials in Italy, and he was strangely absent. He is the referent, the guide of the team, someone who always turns to and always responds. We will miss him, and to be able to be with him the last time, to give him a hand, will be special without a doubt”, said the Navarrese cyclist.
José Joaquín Rojas said he felt motivated to continue and was ready to reach the age of 39 with Movistar. Like Erviti, he will also miss Valverde.
“I am still very motivated and want more. At the moment we have next year and I hope I can do it for a few more years, maybe up to 39 with the team before starting to devote ourselves to other things. It will be a different race without Alejandro after so many years together; Imanol and I will have a bit of the job of ‘road captains’, but I have a lot of confidence in the group and both Enric Mas and the other kids who have been hit hard will surely give us a lot of joy”, he said.
Source: La Verdad
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