{"id":138892,"date":"2024-10-09T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/?p=138892"},"modified":"2024-10-09T07:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T05:58:32","slug":"pablo-castrillo-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/en\/2024-10-09\/pablo-castrillo-signing","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Castrillo: Young Spanish talent to continue shining at Movistar Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Movistar Team will continue to gather many of Spain’s brightest talents as it announces today the signing of Pablo Castrillo<\/strong> (Jaca, Huesca, ESP; 2001). Raised in the AD Galibier, whose pro outfit Kern Pharma has seen him rise to stardom over the last three years, he has signed a 2027 contract with the Telef\u00f3nica-backed squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother of Jaime, a member for two years (2018-19) of the team managed by Eusebio Unzu\u00e9, Pablo is not only the biggest sensation of the 2024 La Vuelta, where he brilliantly won two mountain stages -Manzaneda (st. 12) and Cuitu Negru (st. 15)-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the breakaway alongside Jonas Vingegaard during stage three of the 2024 O Gran Cami\u00f1o. (c) Getty Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Castrillo is also one of Spain’s most consistent riders throughout the current season, strong in races as diverse as O Gran Cami\u00f1o -3rd at the Coru\u00f1a ITT; last man standing against Vingegaard in the Ourense hills-, Slovenia (5th), Burgos (7th), the Nationals (8th at the ITT; 7th in the road race), San Sebasti\u00e1n (top-20) and Croatia (7th). His high level and values helped him join, just ten days ago, the Spanish national team for the very first time to compete at the Zurich Worlds’ road race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REACTION \/ Pablo Castrillo:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The last few weeks have been a huge leap forward for me as a person and an impulse to my sporting career, ‘crowned’, so to speak, with this WorldTour contract with a squad like the Movistar Team. They are the reference in Spanish cycling, and it’s always motivating to race for this team.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m now entering off-season mode and trying to fathom all that’s happened in La Vuelta and the whole 2024 season, which I think was really consistent from my side. Those two wins; also, being able to end the race at the home of my new team, with those impressive Telef\u00f3nica headquarters — it’s been really intense, and I won’t easily forget it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the attack at the road race of the 2024 World Championships. (c) Getty Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“The people close to me who have been part of the team and have passed on their experience have instilled much confidence in me towards this signing. I always train with Jorge (Arcas), and he’s explained to me how the team works, how they would take care of me and the things that they were improving and doing well. Also, my brother Jaime talked to me about how well he was treated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I enter the team really willing to get going. It’s a huge step forward and I want to do my best and be a great asset for the squad to continue growing and hopefully do the same myself. I’m raring to get the 2025 season start and wear that jersey.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dual stage winner + breakthrough at La Vuelta this year, Arag\u00f3n native jumps from Equipo Kern Pharma to WorldTour with 2027 contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":138885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-races","category-transfers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t