{"id":1046003,"date":"2026-06-24T00:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1046003\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:28:14","slug":"future-talent-leaving-uae-for-movistar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1046003\/","title":{"rendered":"Future talent leaving UAE for Movistar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movistar could be set to snatch one of UAE Team Emirates – XRG<\/a>‘s brightest prospects Mateo Ram\u00edrez ahead of the 2027 season, as latest transfer speculation points towards the 20-year-old on being on the move after his impressive Giro Next Gen performance this month.The Ecuadorian climber, in his second season<\/a> with UAE’s Gen Z development team, finished runner-up at the under-23’s race. The performance confirmed his continued development after being called up to represent the WorldTour team at several races last year and finishing sixth at the Tour de l’Avenir – won by Paul Seixas.Daniel Benson reports<\/a> that Ram\u00edrez is highly likely to join Movistar at WorldTour level from 2027. Neither team has made an official announcement.<\/p>\n

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The transfer would represent a major coup for Movistar as the Spanish team capture an emerging general classification prospect. Being South American, and Spanish speaking, Ramirez could prove an excellent addition to their ranks.<\/p>\n

UAE could lose Ram\u00edrez but keep\u00a0Narv\u00e1ez<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one rider definitely not on his way out of the Emirati squad is Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez. The Ecuadorian was rumoured to be leaving UAE Team Emirates – XRG and head back to Netcompany INEOS.<\/p>\n

However the tables have been turned, and the Ecuadorian’s success over the past month and a half has helped him make a decision on his future seasons. A departure would only come at a high value, after Narv\u00e1ez tremendous work around Tadej Pogacar in 2025 including Milano-Sanremo, the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes and the Tour de France.<\/p>\n

With tremendous explosivity but also a never before seen capacity in the high mountains, Narv\u00e1ez became an incredibly valuable part of UAE.<\/p>\n

Hence, everything was done to secure his contract. \u201cI\u2019m very happy to extend my contract with UAE Team Emirates-XRG,” Narv\u00e1ez said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“From the moment I arrived, I felt the confidence of the team and I quickly knew this was the right place for me. We have an incredible group of riders and staff, and every day there is a real desire to improve and win together”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movistar could be set to snatch one of UAE Team Emirates – XRG‘s brightest prospects Mateo Ram\u00edrez ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1046004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,173125,79,182814,181698,16,15],"class_list":["post-1046003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-movistar-team","tag-sports","tag-transfers-negotiations","tag-uae-team-emirates-xrg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116802257115203049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}