Victories 2024: 8
The Spanish team, which once dominated the Tour de France as Banesto with Miguel Indurain in the 1990s, has a very meagre haul in 2024. Eight victories - that's half of the previous season. After all, with the Stage 6 of the Giro d'Italiawon by Pelayo Sanchez, including a Grand Tour stage. Enric Mas' third place overall at the Vuelta a Espana, which earned him a whopping 750 UCI points, is also worthy of special mention.
Driver with the most victories: 2
It is also Sanchez who leads the team's internal statistics for the most victories - together with Alex Aranburu. While Sanchez won the Trofeo Pollenca on Mallorca right at the start of the season, Aranburu was successful on stage 4 of the Baloise Belgium Tour and became Spanish road champion.
Most racing days: 82
The most successful man was also the most race-hungry: Pelayo Sanchez is also at the top of this statistic. The 24-year-old Spaniard has two more race days under his belt than Colombian rider Einer Rubio. However, Sanchez cannot keep up with Rubio and Davide Cimolai in terms of race kilometres in 2024. Rubio rode 12408 kilometres in competition mode, Cimolai 12059 and Sanchez 11955.
Transfers for 2025
Additions
- Diego Pescador (GW Erco Shimano)
- Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma)
- Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)
- Natnael Tesfatsion (Lidl-Trek)
- Orluis Aular (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)
Departures
- Vinicius Rangel (?)
- Johan Jacobs (Groupama-FDJ)
- Sergio Samitier (Cofidis)
- Oier Lazkano (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Equipo Kern Pharma)
- Remi Cavagna (Groupama-FDJ)
- Alex Aranburu (Cofidis)
With just 28 riders, the squad would still have room for two new additions. As things stand, no major leaps in performance are to be expected. Two key players, Aranburu and Oier Lazkano, are leaving the team. Pablo Castrillo is the most notable newcomer. The 23-year-old Spaniard won two stages of the Vuelta a Espana this year for the second-division team Equipo Kern Pharma.
