The 2025 cycling season begins on January 21. The Tour Down Under will begin a new course where Movistar teamthe only Spanish team in World Touris confident of surpassing the eight victories achieved in 2024. To do so, it has included five new faces to join a squad where Enric Mas will continue to rule. These are the five additions of Movistar by 2025.
1
Pablo Castrillo
23 years
One of the correct names of the Vuelta a España. From Kern Pharma, Castrillo became known worldwide for his stage successes in Manzaneda and Cuitu Negru. A physical wonder that can fight through the stages of a day. He was part of the Spanish team at the Zurich World Cup and signed with Movistar until 2027.

2
Orluis Aular
28 years
The Venezuelan will be riding for the first time in the World Tour after a year in which victory in the Matteotti Trophy and a stage victory in the Tour du Limousin stood out. The sprinter, from Caja Rural, signed for two years, becoming the second cyclist from Venezuela to compete in the telephone squad after José Rujano (2008).

3
Jefferson Cepeda
28 years
Another signing from Caja Rural. Like Aular, Cepeda will be making his first World Tour experience with the Movistar Team. A climber who this year had his best season as a professional and proved to be able to compete with other specialists when the road is slow. Winner of the Tour of Qinghai Lake and a stage of the Tour du Limousin.

4
Diego Pescador
19 years
A young talent for the telephone set. Pescador is one of the great Colombian promises. After many victories in his home country, this year he stood in the Tour del Porvenir with seventh place in the general classification. He will be able to join his compatriot and idol Nairo Quintana, who is “very excited.”

5
Natnael Tesfatsion
25 years
Sprinter Biniam Girmay put Eritrea on the map of international cycling. However, the national champion of the African country is Natnael Tesfatsion, who will ride for the Movistar Team. For the first time an African cyclist will compete in the telephone team. Tesfatsion spent the last two seasons with Lidl-Trek, a team where he rode in Itzulia or the Giro d’Italia (2023), among many other races.
Source: La Verdad

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