{"id":404848,"date":"2026-02-03T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404848\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T02:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:05:12","slug":"cian-uijtdebroeks-makes-movistar-debut-against-evenepoel-at-volta-a-comunitat-valenciana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404848\/","title":{"rendered":"Cian Uijtdebroeks makes Movistar debut against Evenepoel at Volta a Comunitat Valenciana"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the 4th to the 8th of February the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana will set the stage for Cian Uijtdebroeks<\/a>\u2019 debut with Movistar team<\/a>. The Valencian race will be the first major test for a group that blends experience and youth, with clearly defined roles both in the mountains and on the flat.In the mountains Pablo Castrillo<\/a>, Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda Pierna and Iv\u00e1n Romeo<\/a> will act as luxury domestiques and secondary GC cards, bringing solidity on the toughest terrain and the ability to control the pace on demanding finales.<\/p>\n

On the flat, Michel Hessmann and Nelson Oliveira will be the key pieces to protect position, drive the chase, and keep the team well placed on days that suit the rouleurs. The line-up is completed by Daniele Forlin, making his first-team debut after stepping up from the development squad, adding valuable experience to his progression.<\/p>\n

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The race is going to feature a star-studded field headlined by Remco Evenepoel and Jo\u00e3o Almeida which will battle in the race’s mountains; whilst the likes of Mads Pedersen and Biniam Girmay will start their seasons here respectively and headline the sprint battles.<\/p>\n

Movistar for 2026 Volta a Comunitat Valenciana<\/a>:
Cian Uijtdebroeks<\/a>
Iv\u00e1n Romeo<\/a>
Pablo Castrillo<\/a>
Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda Pierna
Michel Hessmann
Nelson Oliveira
Daniele ForlinRace winners Year Winner Second Third 2025 COL Santiago Buitrago POR Jo\u00e3o Almeida ESP Pello Bilbao 2024 USA Brandon McNulty COL Santiago Buitrago NEUTRAL Aleksandr Vlasov 2023 POR Rui Alberto Costa ITA Giulio Ciccone GBR Tao Geoghegan Hart 2022 RUS Aleksandr Vlasov BEL Remco Evenepoel ESP Carlos Rodr\u00edguez 2021 SUI Stefan K\u00fcng POR N\u00e9lson Filippe Oliveira ESP Enric Mas 2020 SLO Tadej Pogacar AUS Jack Haig GBR Tao Geoghegan Hart 2019 ESP Ion Izagirre ESP Alejandro Valverde ESP Pello Bilbao 2018 ESP Alejandro Valverde ESP Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez DEN Jakob Fuglsang 2017 COL Nairo Quintana BEL Ben Hermans ITA Manuel Senni 2016 NED Wout Poels ESP Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez ESP Be\u00f1at Intxausti New weapon for MovistarWhilst he will not be present this week in Valencia, over the month of January the team has seen the rise of Diego Pescador, who began his season very strongly and with some breakthrough performances. He was second at the Classica Camp de Morvedre<\/a> which opened up the European season; and was ninth at the Trofeo Andratx where he was part of Remco Evenepoel’s winning attack.\u201cIt\u2019s always a bit of a burden to carry the hopes of so many Colombians after such a long drought,\u201d he admitted to Marca<\/a> during the Challenge Mallorca. \u201cIt\u2019s not a small amount of pressure.\u201d The 21-year old signed with Movistar last year and was notably racing an odd schedule which included racing in Australia, European one-day and stage-races, and races such as Paris-Roubaix and Eschborn-Frankurt all combined. The racing experience is now paying off as the Colombian is putting is power to better use and obtaining strong results.<\/p>\n

Pescador himself sees this current moment as a transitional phase rather than a structural problem. Far from hiding, he embraces the challenge as a natural part of the process. \u201cI think it\u2019s a bump in the road like any other, and I\u2019m happy to be part of that first group to return to what Colombia was a few years ago in top-level cycling,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

His vision aligns with that of Movistar, a team that has modified its roadmap after years built around established leaders like Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana. Now, the focus is on the progressive development of young riders, internal cohesion, and a measured approach. \u201cThe team is incredibly motivated; above all, it\u2019s about staying calm,\u201d the Colombian noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the 4th to the 8th of February the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana will set the stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[113394,4985,144145,38938,144146,101,56,54,55,140919],"class_list":["post-404848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cian-uijtdebroeks","tag-cycling","tag-ivan-romeo","tag-movistar-team","tag-pablo-castrillo","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-volta-a-comunitat-valenciana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}