Sepulveda signs for Movistar
Eduardo Sepulveda has put pen to paper on a contract with Movistar, team manager Eusebio Unzue has told the Basque website Zikloland. Unzue, says the report, has been keen to get Sepulveda on the books for two seasons, but has only now managed to bring the Argentinian over to the squad.
Sepulveda turned professional with Bretagne-Seche Environnement in 2013, after a spell at the UCI’s World Cycling Centre and riding as a stagiaire with FDJ in 2012, and has remained with the team ever since. The 26-year-old is a promising prospect, but has not yet reached his full potential with the French Pro Continental squad. His biggest win to date is a stage of his home race the Tour de San Luis.
He has suffered several injuries during his career, including a fractured fibia that ended his 2015 season prematurely. A month after scoring that victory in San Luis, Sepulveda was side-lined for three months after breaking his wrist and being knocked unconscious when a barrier was blown into him by high winds. “I don’t know what to think, the bad luck follows me,” he said at the time.
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Sepulveda will likely be utilised as mountain support for the team’s leaders Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana – and perhaps Mikel Landa if the reports of his move to the team are confirmed.
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