{"id":535664,"date":"2025-10-29T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535664\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:25:16","slug":"movistar-team-strengthens-its-sports-area-with-a-new-structure-led-by-sebastian-unzue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535664\/","title":{"rendered":"Movistar Team strengthens its Sports Area with a new structure led by Sebasti\u00e1n Unzu\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news_body-excerpt\">The team takes a significant step forward in its ongoing transformation, unveiling a major restructuring of its Sports Area designed to enhance efficiency and strengthen its ability to face the sporting challenges of the coming seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1380\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sprintcyclingagency_0880383_1_2000px-1380x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145846\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The restructuring, led by\u00a0<strong>Sebasti\u00e1n Unzu\u00e9<\/strong>, who takes on the role of\u00a0<strong>Head of Sports<\/strong>, involves the creation and consolidation of four key departments:\u00a0<strong>Performance, Racing, Health<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Riders<\/strong>, each with specialized managers coordinating their respective areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>We want to keep evolving as an organization and provide the team with a modern, efficient structure that meets the demands of today\u2019s cycling<\/strong>,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Sebasti\u00e1n Unzu\u00e9<\/strong>. \u201c<strong>This new model will allow us to optimize processes and strengthen collaboration across all departments.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_20251021_113158-902x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-145851\"  data-\/><strong>FOUR PILLARS FOR AN INTEGRATED SPORTING MODEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Racing Department<\/strong>\u00a0will be headed by\u00a0<strong>Chente Garc\u00eda Acosta<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Matthew White<\/strong>, the latter joining the team as a new addition. Both will coordinate sports planning and direction, key elements in the team\u2019s competition strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew White<\/strong>\u00a0stated: \u201c<strong>After more than 15 years as a Sports Director, I\u2019m starting a new and exciting chapter, eager to contribute my experience and help drive the team\u2019s success. Movistar Team is an organization I have always deeply respected, and being part of it from the inside is something that truly motivates me<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1375\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Matthew-White-3-1375x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-145853\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Health Department<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>I\u00f1igo Michelena<\/strong>\u00a0will oversee all medical and well-being aspects related to the riders.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a\u00a0<strong>Riders Department<\/strong>\u00a0has been created, serving as the representatives of the cyclists across the different structures of the team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1097\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/foto-2-1097x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-145885\"  data-\/><strong>EVOLVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With this new organization,\u00a0<strong>Abarca Sports<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Movistar Team<\/strong>\u00a0reinforce their commitment to sporting excellence, innovation and comprehensive talent management, consolidating their position as one of the most solid and forward-thinking structures in the international peloton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The team takes a significant step forward in its ongoing transformation, unveiling a major restructuring of its Sports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[173127,173128,173129,4230,173126,173131,142533,94771,173125,173132,79,35347,173130,121088,16,15,123050,95787],"class_list":{"0":"post-535664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-bicicletas","9":"tag-ciclismo","10":"tag-ciclista","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-equipo","13":"tag-eusebio-unzue","14":"tag-grande","15":"tag-movistar","16":"tag-movistar-team","17":"tag-mundo","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-telefonica","20":"tag-tour-de-francia","21":"tag-uci","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-vuelta-a-espana","25":"tag-world-tour"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115458155665882473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535664","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=535664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}