Movistar Team
2014

Movistar Team claims its first Grand Tour victory under Telefónica’s sponsorship thanks to Nairo Quintana and his team-mates’ splendid work during a Giro d’Italia with bitter taste at the beginning, yet majestic after the miracle of ‘Val Martello’. The squad takes the win in the WorldTour ranking for the second time on a row thanks to their 34 victories -beating the 3rd best account registered a year prior and getting over 100 in Blue-; a superb Alejandro Valverde becomes World No.1 with 11 wins, including the Flèche Wallonne, San Sebastián, a stage in the Vuelta and the Spanish TT Champs. Youngsters like Jesús Herrada, Dayer Quintana, Juanjo Lobato and Ion Izagirre showing the best thing is what’s to come, and core values like Malori -five wins- or Dowsett -Commonwealths TT champion- crown another fantastic season.