Movistar–Best PC

Movistar–Best PC

Team Best
Team information
UCI code	MBP
Registered	Ecuador
Founded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental (2020–)[1]
Key personnel
General manager	Juan Andrade Sarmiento
Team manager(s)	Anderson Padilla
Team name history
2019 2020–2021 2022–	Team Best PC[2] Best PC Ecuador Movistar–Best PC

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]

Team roster

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 22)  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

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

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.

External links

• Movistar–Best PC at ProCyclingStats