Team Manzana Postobón
Team Manzana Postobón (UCI team code: MZN) was a Continental cycling team based in Colombia that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. The team was founded in 2006, becoming a Continental team in 2007. It became a Professional Continental team in 2011 as Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia, however with the set up of the European-based Colombia-Coldeportes outfit the team went back to Continental level.
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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | MZN |
| Registered | Colombia |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Disbanded | 2019 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | National (2006) UCI Continental (2007–2014) National (2015) UCI Continental (2016) UCI Professional Continental (2017–2019) |
| Bicycles | Gios |
| Website | Team home page |
| 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 |
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]
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Major wins
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- 2007
- Stage 5 Ronde de l'Isard, Oscar Sanchez
Overall Clasico Ciclistico 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
- Overall Cinturón a Mallorca, Sergio Luis Henao
- Stage 4, Sergio Luis Henao
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte
- Overall Tour des Pyrénées, Fabio Duarte
- Stage 2 Fabio Duarte
- 2010
- Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias, Fabio Duarte
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
- 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
- Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Juan Pablo Villegas
- Stages 1, 4 & 5 (ITT), Juan Pablo Villegas
- Stage 3, Diego Ochoa
Colombia National U23 Road Race Championships, Diego Ochoa- 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 Sebastian Molano
- Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Hernán Aguirre
- Stages 4 & 6, Hernán Aguirre
- Stage 2 & 3 Tour of Xingtai, Juan Sebastián Molano
- 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
Colombian U23 Road Race Championship, Diego Ochoa
References
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/colombia-coldeportes-team-forced-to-fold/
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/manzana-postobon-fold-with-immediate-effect-after-doping-cases/#disqus_thread
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/manzana-postobon-cut-ties-with-paredes-after-epo-positive/
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/juan-jos-amador-refuses-to-accept-positive-test-as-manzana-postobon-stick-by-rider/
- "Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019" [The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
