Spanish professional cycling team Movistar will switch from Pinarello to Canyon bikes in 2014, in a move that sees the German manufacturer increasing its presence in the pro peloton to two teams, continuing to support Katusha.
Pictures have been released this week of the newly livered Canyon bikes with Movistar logos. The team will continue to use Campagnolo groupsets and matching wheels. The Spanish team have retained Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana for next season.
The company will continue to sponsor Katusha, in a deal that has been running since 2012, making them one of only a few brands to sponsor more than one team, the others being Specialized and Scott. Canyon have been in the pro peloton since 2007, when they first entered the pro peloton with Unibet.com, before partnering with Omega Pharma-Lotto in 2009.
We’ll start to see a lot of the new 2014 team bikes and kit over the following weeks as most teams are currently at their first training camps where they’ll dishing out new equipment for the riders to start training on in preparation for next season. So watch this space, we'll keep you updated.
18 thoughts on “Canyon to sponsor Movistar team next year”
Wheeeeew
Wheeeeew
Wow, that’s just well… not
Wow, that’s just well… not pretty.
Nice but I preferred the
Nice but I preferred the Pina.
Froomey, you’ve been warned.
Froomey, you’ve been warned. Quintana and Valverde on a Canyon bike, forget about marginal gains, this is about major and real gains*
*disclosure – I ride a Canyon
Hmmmm…. Germans ban
Hmmmm…. Germans ban coverage of the TDF because of doping but a german manufacturer now backs a Spanish as well as a russian race team, all Canyon now need is to throw bikes at Astana and they’ve got the full suite!
Much prefer this to the
Much prefer this to the Pinarello [puts on tin hat]
Sky moving to Specialized?
Sky moving to Specialized? Who’s left for Pin ?
JuiceQC wrote:Sky moving to
Sky just renewed with Pinarello for another 3 years
canyon need a logo change to
canyon need a logo change to make it look anywhere near decent!
I hear Pinarello are doing
I hear Pinarello are doing specific Team Sky Tour of Britain bikes with asymmetric frames and forks to account for us riding on the left side of the road. Marginal gains and all that.
At least there’s no TLD on
At least there’s no TLD on this one.
Ham-planet wrote:At least
What’s TLD?
It’s sure to be half the
It’s sure to be half the price of a pinarello or less.
Hmm, shame I’ve just ordered
Hmm, shame I’ve just ordered a new frame. Me like alot!
I almost bought a Canyon AL
I almost bought a Canyon AL Di2 bike a year or so ago (wishing I had now, as it was a crazy bargain).
Apart from the ‘Superbikes’ (Factor Vis Vires you will be mine one day), it’s the brand I most want to own right now.
I just hope all this ‘sponsorship’ malarky doesn’t cause the price of their bikes to elevate too much. Or that I win the lottery sometime soon and an ‘Ultimate CF SLX’ becomes my everyday bike.
P.S. I’m really not sure what I’d do if someone wanted to give me a Team Movistar Canyon as that colour scheme is not quite my taste :-/
Teenage mutant ninja
Teenage mutant ninja cyclists!!! 👿
Looks good! Maybe because Campag have hidden that bulbous battery from the frame…!?
I like it! However, I also
I like it! However, I also ride a Canyon so obvious bias.
They need to colour the seatpost in Movistar blue though! B-)
Glad to see them sticking
Glad to see them sticking with Campag.