3 Molinos Resort

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3 Molinos Resort
Team information
UCI codeMOL
Registered Spain
Founded2006
Disbanded2006
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Felt [1]
Key personnel
General managerJosefina Alcaráz
Team name history
2006
3 Molinos Resort

3 Molinos Resort ( UCI team code:MOL) was a short-lived professional continental cycling team based in Spain and participated in the UCI Europe Tour When selected the team got a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. '3 Molinos' was founded in 2006 as a professional continental team, but this proved to be their last as funding was withdrawn due to doping scandals. [2] The team was managed by José Francisco Perez, with José Luis Fernandez assisting.

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3 Molinos Resort also sponsored a basketball team in the municipality of Murcia, in San José de la Vega, during the 2006-2007 season, in which he was regional champion of the 1st Male Autonomous Division.

2006 squad

As of 31 December 2006. [3]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Spain.svg  Mikel Artetxe [N 1]  (ESP) (1976-09-24)24 September 1976 (aged 30)
Flag of Spain.svg  José Antonio Baños  (ESP) (1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 20)
Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Benito  (ESP) (1975-03-03)3 March 1975 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  Mario José Box  (ESP) (1978-08-28)28 August 1978 (aged 28)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús Buendía  (ESP) (1982-12-28)28 December 1982 (aged 24)
Flag of Spain.svg  José Javier Cano  (ESP) (1985-09-06)6 September 1985 (aged 21)
Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Casero  (ESP) (1976-10-09)9 October 1976 (aged 30)
Flag of Spain.svg  Pedro Luis Castillo  (ESP) (1982-02-15)15 February 1982 (aged 24)
Flag of Spain.svg  Isidro Cerrato Lopez  (ESP) (1981-03-06)6 March 1981 (aged 25)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús del Nero  (ESP) (1982-03-16)16 March 1982 (aged 24)
Flag of Spain.svg  Sergio Domínguez Rodríguez  (ESP) (1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 27)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Ferrío  (ESP) (197-08-24)24 August 197 (aged 1809)
Flag of Spain.svg  Julio García  (ESP) (1973-07-29)29 July 1973 (aged 33)
Flag of Spain.svg  Santos González  (ESP) (1973-12-17)17 December 1973 (aged 33)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Hruška  (CZE) (1975-02-04)4 February 1975 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  Rubén Lorca  (ESP) (1984-04-20)20 April 1984 (aged 22)
Flag of Spain.svg  Pedro Martínez Romera  (ESP) (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 25)
Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Tomás Pellicer  (ESP) (1981-07-19)19 July 1981 (aged 25)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Riera Valls  (ESP) (1978-04-09)9 April 1978 (aged 28)
Flag of Spain.svg  Alexis Rodríguez Hernández  (ESP) (1977-04-27)27 April 1977 (aged 29)
Flag of Spain.svg  Toni Tauler  (ESP) (1974-04-11)11 April 1974 (aged 32)
Flag of Spain.svg  Eloy Teruel  (ESP) (1982-11-20)20 November 1982 (aged 24)
  1. Artetxe joined the team on 1 April

Major wins

Source: [4]

2006
Overall Vuelta a Murcia, Santos González
Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas, Jan Hruška
Stage 3, Jan Hruška
Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo em Bicicleta, Alberto Benito
Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias, Mikel Artetxe
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain National Time trial championship, Toni Tauler

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References

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  2. "3 Molinos Resort says goodbye". cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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