Team Manzana Postobón

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Team Manzana Postobón
Manzana Postobon Team logo.png
Team information
UCI codeMZN
RegisteredColombia
Founded2006 (2006)
Disbanded2019
Discipline(s) Road
StatusNational (2006)
UCI Continental (2007–2014)
National (2015)
UCI Continental (2016)
UCI Professional Continental (2017–2019)
Bicycles Gios
Key personnel
Team manager(s)Luis Fernando Saldarriaga
Team name history
2006
2007
2008–2009
2010
2011–2012
2012–2014
2015–2019
Colombia es Pasión
Colombia es Pasión Team
Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes
Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión
Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia
4-72 Colombia
Team Manzana Postobón
TdB 2013 - Equipe 472-Colombia (2).jpg

Team Manzana Postobón ( UCI team code:MZN) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Colombia. The team was founded in 2006, becoming a Continental team in 2007. In 2015, the team competed as a club, before returning to Continental status the following year. From 2017 until its disbanding in 2019 the team held Professional Continental status.

Contents

In 2016 the team had quality to finally jump up to the Pro Continental level for 2017, the first Colombian professional team in that level since Team Colombia cycling team in 2015. [1]

On May 25, 2019, the team announced that it would fold with immediate effect after two doping cases had been announced. [2]

Doping

In April 2019 the team terminated Wilmar Paredes’ contract after the UCI announced that he had tested positive for EPO. [3]

In May 2019 Juan José Amador notified of an adverse analytical finding for the banned steroid, Boldenone an out-of-competition control held on 22 October 2018. According to UCI anti-doping regulation 7.12.1, the team will now be suspended for a period of between 15 and 45 days, to be decided by the UCI Disciplinary Commission, due to the team registering a second adverse analytical finding within a 12-month period. [4]

Final team roster

As of 20 January 2019. [5]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Colombia.svg  Juan José Amador  (COL) (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 25)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Carlos Chía  (COL) (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 26)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jhojan García  (COL) (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 25)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Bryan Gómez  (COL) (1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Daniel Jaramillo  (COL) (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 32)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Omar Mendoza  (COL) (1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 33)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Diego Ochoa  (COL) (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Juan Felipe Osorio  (COL) (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 28)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Colombia.svg  Wilmar Paredes  (COL) (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 27)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jordan Parra  (COL) (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 29)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Quintero  (COL) (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 37)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jhonatan Restrepo  (COL) (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Aldemar Reyes  (COL) (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Nicolás Sáenz  (COL) (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 25)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Yecid Sierra  (COL) (1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Bernardo Suaza  (COL) (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 30)

Major wins

Team Manzana Postobon, winner of the 55th Presidential Tour of Turkey 2019. TourOfTurkey2019 (58).jpg
Team Manzana Postobón, winner of the 55th Presidential Tour of Turkey 2019.
2007
Stage 5 Ronde de l'Isard, Oscar Sanchez
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes, Sergio Luis Henao
Stage 4 & 6, Sergio Luis Henao
Stage 3 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jairo Salas
2008
Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Rafael Montiel
Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Wilson Marentes
Stage 4 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jesus Castaño
Stage 5 Vuelta a Guatemala, Jeffry Romero
2009
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Cinturón a Mallorca, Sergio Luis Henao
Stage 4, Sergio Luis Henao
Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour des Pyrénées, Fabio Duarte
Stage 2 Fabio Duarte
2010
Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias, Fabio Duarte
Jersey red.svg Overall Circuito Montañés, Fabio Duarte
Stage 4, Fabio Duarte
Stage 5 & 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte
Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Luis Felipe Laverde
2011
Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia, Jarlinson Pantano
2013
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard, Juan Ernesto Chamorro
Stage 3, Heiner Parra
Stage 4 Vuelta al Sur de Bolivia, Camilo Suárez
Stage 5 Vuelta al Sur de Bolivia, Edson Calderón
2014
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Juan Pablo Villegas
Stages 1, 4 & 5 (ITT), Juan Pablo Villegas
Stage 3, Diego Ochoa
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia National U23 Road Race Championships, Diego Ochoa
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Bernardo Suaza
Prologue, Diego Ochoa
2016
Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia, Juan Sebastián Molano
2017
Stages 3 & 5 Volta ao Alentejo, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Wilmar Paredes
Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Juan Pablo Villegas
2018
Pan American Cycling Championships Road Race, Juan Sebastián Molano
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Hernán Aguirre
Stages 4 & 6, Hernán Aguirre
Stage 2 & 3 Tour of Xingtai, Juan Sebastián Molano
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of China I, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stage 2, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stage 1 Tour of China II, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stages 1 & 2 Tour of Taihu Lake, Juan Sebastián Molano
Stages 6 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jordan Parra
2019
Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Bryan Gómez
Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Carlos Quintero

National champions

2014
MaillotColombia.PNG Colombian U23 Road Race Championship, Diego Ochoa

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References

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  2. "Manzana Postobón fold with immediate effect after doping cases". 25 May 2019.
  3. "Manzana Postobón cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive". 6 April 2019.
  4. "Juan José Amador refuses to accept positive test as Manzana Postobón stick by rider". 21 May 2019.
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