{"id":143882,"date":"2025-07-04T14:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/?p=143882"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:58:51","slug":"movistar-team-academy-is-born-movistar-teams-new-development-project-to-boost-young-cycling-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/en\/2025-07-04\/movistar-team-academy-is-born-movistar-teams-new-development-project-to-boost-young-cycling-talents","title":{"rendered":"Movistar Team Academy is born: Movistar Team\u2019s new development project to boost young cycling talents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With this initiative, the Navarre-based team expands its sports structure by offering a development platform for both Spanish and international riders, committed to a benchmark training model in grassroots cycling.\u00a0Movistar Team Academy<\/strong>\u00a0aims to become an international reference in the development of future professionals, providing riders with the tools they need to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project gains even more strength through a recent collaboration agreement with the junior team Baqu\u00e9<\/strong>, allowing Movistar Team to complete its development pyramid: from introductory cycling schools, through junior and U23 categories, all the way to elite competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new team will be led by Sebasti\u00e1n Unzu\u00e9<\/strong>, who will bring his experience and vision to build a competitive and professional environment\u2014one that is also human and supportive\u2014where young riders can grow not only as cyclists but also as individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the launch of the academy, Movistar Team<\/strong> reaffirms its commitment to the future of cycling, betting on a solid structure that supports and elevates emerging talent on their path to the global elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the fifth Abarca Sports<\/strong> team alongside Telef\u00f3nica<\/strong>:

In 2011, Movistar Team<\/strong>.
In 2018, Movistar Women Team<\/strong>.
In 2020, Movistar eTeam<\/strong>.
In 2023, Movistar Gravel Squad<\/strong>.
In 2025, Movistar Team Academy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Movistar Team takes a key step toward the future with the creation of the Movistar Team Academy, a new team established with the goal of strengthening the development of young talents and easing their transition from amateur cycling to the highest level of the UCI WorldTour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":143876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement"],"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