2024 is a good year for a ‘modest’ cycling team like Kern Pharma. Not all formations UCI Pro Team it can be said that they achieved three wins in the three-week great cycling tour, which they achieved in the legs of Pablo Castrillo (Movistar Team rider) and Urko Berradewhich is still in the pharmaceutical structure.
The team itself defined its performance at La Vuelta as memorable and historic, references that should serve as a springboard this year for the Kern Pharma Team, as stated by team manager Juanjo Oroz: “We want to convey a message of hope, that by working and believing in yourself you can achieve incredible things like the three victories achieved in La Vuelta. Therefore, our goal is to improve on 2024. We know better and we have the tools to work better than last year, so we hope that the results are the result of our daily work.”
These statements were made this Monday at the launch of the Kern Pharma Team and the Finisher Team. A total of 22 cyclists make up the Kern Pharma Team roster for 2025. Four of them (Ibai Azanza, Pablo Carrascosa, Haimar Etxeberria and Nil Gimeno) promote from the subsidiary, the Finisher Team, and Mats Wenzel and Ivan Ramiro Sosa They add international value to the project. With up to 17 cyclists trained in the lower category of the team, Juanjo Oroz’s team faces 2025 motivated and under the motto ‘Our quarry, our strength’.
THE RUNS
Kern Pharma 2025 Team Squad
Ibai Azanza (02/22/2004, Pamplona)
Hugo Aznar (01/12/2003, Cortes)
Unai Aznar (07/26/2002, Cortes)
Urko Berrade (11/28/1997, Pamplona)
Marc Brustenga (09/04/1999, Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana)
Pablo Carrascosa (07/10/2002, Santa Amalia)
Ivan Cobo (01/02/2000, Astillero)
Iñigo Elosegui (03/06/1998, Zierbena)
Haimar Etxeberria (09/08/2003, Irun)
Miguel Ángel Fernández (03/21/1997, Santander)
Kiko Galván (01/12/1997, Lliçà d’Amunt)
Nil Gimeno (04/21/2004, Valladolid)
Jorge Gutiérrez (09/23/2002, Trujillo)
Unai Iribar (06/12/1999, Ibarra)
Pau Miquel (08/20/2000, Sant Quirze del Vallès)
José Félix Parra (01/16/1997, Ossa de Montiel)
Mikel Retegi (04/27/2001, Barañain)
Bird Ruiz (01/30/1999, Vitoria)
Iván Ramiro Sosa (10/31/1997, Cundinamarca)
Antonio Jesús Soto (12/24/1994, Alcantarilla)
Diego Uriarte (10/26/2001, Barañain)
Mats Wenzel (12/19/2002, Luxembourg)
Finisher Team Squad 2025
Alejandro Abril (05/23/2005, Murcia)
Aaron Dick (10/14/2006, Glasgow)
Hugo Duclos Lasalle (08/16/2006, Bordeaux)
Oskitx Egiguren (05/19/2006, Bilbao)
Unax Errasti (02/15/2005, Antzuola)
Simone Galbusera (06/07/2006, Lecco)
Emilio García (11/23/2006, Beniarbeig)
Iker Gómez López de Goicochea (03/27/2006, Alsasua)
Markel González (09/22/2006, Mugika)
Martí Gozalbo (03/18/2006, Barcelona)
Ismael Goñi (09/18/2003, Obanos)
Luis Alberto Lajarín (10/28/2006, Águilas)
Raúl Martín (08/05/2006, Cáceres)
Roger Pareta (03/08/2006, Santa Cristina d’Aro)
César Pérez (11/23/2004, Murcia)
Raúl Ostiz (04/11/2005, Pamplona)
Unai Ramos (09/24/2005, Tudela)
Sergio Romeo (05/02/2005, Valladolid)
Hugo Tapestry (12/13/2005, Aubagne)
Ho Yen Yi (10/24/2001, Yilan City
Regarding the calendar, the Kern Pharma Team will once again travel to more than ten countries, debuting at stages such as AlUla Tour and returns to quotes like Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. At the same time, Spanish and French roads monopolize a large part of the competition days for pharmaceuticals, who will fight to repeat the participation in The Return and signed off with another great performance in the home round.
Source: La Verdad
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