Movistar has completed their men's and women's line-ups for the 2018 seasons. Dayer Quintana fills the last spot on the men's side after extending his contract into a fifth season, while Gloria Rodríguez is the 10th signing for the women's team.
The news that the team is now full means that there is no more room for Daniel Moreno in the men's team as they reduce their squad size from 28 to 25 riders. Several WorldTour teams have trimmed their rosters for the 2018 season following the change in regulations that will see eight-rider teams at Grand Tours and other WorldTour races cut to just seven riders per team. Movistar has already presented its new light-blue colours for 2018 and riders and staff are currently in Pamplona for a pre-season camp.
Movistar have welcomed five new riders to the men's squad for the 2018 season with Mikel Landa their marquee signing.
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Landa is set to take up the role of Grand Tour team leader alongside Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana. Landa's arrival at the Spanish team appears to have rattled the cage of Quintana, who has recently sought to assert his authority as the overall team leader and stated in an interview that he would ultimately lead the squad at next year's Tour de France. Landa responded by saying that he had hoped for a 'different welcome' from the Colombian.
Rafael Valls is another new inductee to the men's line-up after two seasons with Lotto-Soudal, alongside Eduardo Sepulveda, Jaime Roson, and neo-pro Jaime Castrillo.
As well as Moreno, who could join Rigoberto Uran at EF Education First-Drapac, Movistar has said goodbye to the Herrada brothers Jose and Jesus (to Cofidis), Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Rory Sutherland (UAE Team Emirates) and Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin).
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