Movistar–Best PC
Team Best
Team Best
Team information
UCI codeMBP
RegisteredEcuador
Founded2019
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental (2020–)[1]
Key personnel
General managerJuan 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
 Pablo Caicedo (ECU) (1986-10-12) 12 October 1986
 Joel Fuertes (ECU) (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999
 Carlos Gálviz (VEN) (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989
 Byron Guamá (ECU) (1985-06-14) 14 June 1985
 Richard Huera (ECU) (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999
Rider Date of birth
 Mateo López (ECU) (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004
 Jhonatan Byron Montenegro (ECU) (2002-11-21) 21 November 2002
 Santiago Montenegro (ECU) (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998
 Sebastián Novoa (ECU) (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992
 Paulo Pantoja (COL) (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003
 Marco Tulio Suesca (COL) (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994

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 (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.
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