Team Manzana Postobón

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Team Manzana Postobón

Team information
UCI code	MZN
Registered	Colombia
Founded	2006 (2006)
Disbanded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	National (2006) UCI Continental (2007–2014) National (2015) UCI Continental (2016) UCI Professional Continental (2017–2019)
Bicycles
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

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.

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]

Rider Date of birth  Juan José Amador (COL) (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 23)  Luis Carlos Chía (COL) (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 24)  Jhojan García (COL) (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 23)  Bryan Gómez (COL) (1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 26)  Daniel Jaramillo (COL) (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 30)  Omar Mendoza (COL) (1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 31)  Diego Ochoa (COL) (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 28)  Juan Felipe Osorio (COL) (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 26)

Rider Date of birth  Wilmar Paredes (COL) (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 25)  Jordan Parra (COL) (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 27)  Carlos Quintero (COL) (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 35)  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 26)  Aldemar Reyes (COL) (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 26)   (COL) (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 24)  Yecid Sierra (COL) (1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 27)  Bernardo Suaza (COL) (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 28)

Major wins[]

Team Manzana Postobón, winner of the 55th Presidential Tour of Turkey 2019.

National champions[]

2014

Colombian U23 Road Race Championship, Diego Ochoa

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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