The Movistar Team has announced the signing of a rider with great potential

After six years of defending the colors of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA teamthe Ecuadorian cyclist Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda goes to blue with the help of Movistar teamwith whom he signed until 2026. In this way Cepeda follows in the footsteps of the Venezuelan Orluis Aularwho will leave Caja Rural this year and defend Movistar’s M until 2026.

The runner from Quito debuted in 2015 in the ranks of Ecuador team and since then he has accumulated a total of six victories, giving next January 1 a clear leap in quality in the military that is in a World Tour formation like Movistar team.

Cepeda, who has not raced any major cycling tour in 2024, achieved two of his six wins this year, in Qinghai Lake Tour and on Tour du Limousin-Périgord-Novelle Aquitaineremains several times on the brink of victory, as in O Great Road (3rd), at Tour of Qinghai (3rd) or to Return to Burgos (3rd), closing this campaign on September 15 in Italy, at Matteotti Trophy.

“The Movistar Team is a team that I have always liked and I am happy that now I will be a part of it. I know people who are in this team and I think that it is good to adapt faster and contribute using myself. to achieve the goals together is always the goal for which I traveled to Europe, year after year, to improve and achieve this season consistently and with a good level; that, I was given the opportunity this is a step in my professional career that I will try to make the most of after these years at Caja Rural, where I am very grateful for giving me the opportunity to reach professional cycling and grow with them “I feel I’m ready to discover new careers and new challenges,” Cepeda said in remarks given by his new team.