Movistar–Best PC is an Ecuadorian cycling team established in 2019.[3] In its first season at UCI Continental level in 2020, the team took two stage victories at the Vuelta a Guatemala,[4] and three stage victories at the Vuelta al Ecuador.[5][6]

Movistar–Best PC
Team Best
Team Best
Team information
UCI codeMBP
RegisteredEcuador
Founded2019
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental (2020–)[1]
Key personnel
General managerJuan Andrade Sarmiento
Team manager(s)Anderson Padilla
Team name history
2019
2020–2021
2022–
Team Best PC[2]
Best PC Ecuador
Movistar–Best PC

Team roster

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As of 8 February 2023.[7]
Rider Date of birth
  Juan Diego Alba (COL) (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27)
  Pablo Caicedo (ECU) (1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 (age 38)
  Joel Fuertes (ECU) (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25)
  Carlos Gálviz (VEN) (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 35)
  Byron Guamá (ECU) (1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 39)
  Richard Huera (ECU) (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25)
Rider Date of birth
  Mateo López (ECU) (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20)
  Jhonatan Byron Montenegro (ECU) (2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 (age 21)
  Santiago Montenegro (ECU) (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26)
  Sebastián Novoa (ECU) (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 32)
  Paulo Pantoja (COL) (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)
  Marco Tulio Suesca (COL) (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 (age 30)

Major wins

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2020
Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta a Guatemala, Harold Martín López
Stages 2, 3 & 5 Vuelta al Ecuador, Byron Guamá
2021
Stage 6 Vuelta al Tachira, Anderson Timoteo Paredes
Stage 3 Vuelta al Ecuador, Sebastián Novoa
Stage 4 Vuelta al Ecuador, Santiago Montenegro

References

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  1. ^ Villavicencio, Roberto (18 February 2020). "Ecuador tiene nuevo equipo continental de ciclismo" [Ecuador has a new continental cycling team]. Diario Expreso [es] (in Spanish). Gráficos Nacionales, S.A. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Best PC con dos planteles para giros ciclísticos al Ecuador" [Team Best PC with two teams for cycling tours of Ecuador]. El Universo (in Spanish). C.A. El Universo. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Best PC Ecuador". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Guerrero Vinueza, Santiago (1 November 2020). "El Best PC termina una muy buena participación en la Vuelta a Guatemala" [Best PC ends a very good participation in the Tour of Guatemala]. Primicias (in Spanish). Primicias S.A. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ Guerrero Vinueza, Santiago (25 November 2020). "Byron Guamá repite victoria y se lleva la Etapa 3 de la Vuelta al Ecuador" [Byron Guamá repeats victory and takes Stage 3 of the Vuelta al Ecuador]. Primicias (in Spanish). Primicias S.A. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ Bayas, Mauricio (27 November 2020). "Byron Guamá ganó la quinta etapa de la Vuelta al Ecuador. Santiago Montenegro lidera la clasificación general" [Byron Guamá won the fifth stage of the Vuelta al Ecuador. Santiago Montenegro leads the general classification]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Grupo El Comercio C. A. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Movistar - Best PC". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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