Movistar are launching an e-racing team and they're looking for riders

Movistar Team Challenge Zwift
(Image credit: Zwift)

Movistar is building a new e-racing team and you could be a part of it. The Spanish WorldTour team has partnered with Zwift to create the Movistar Team Challenge, a series of four qualifying rounds of virtual racing that will help the team find five men and five men to make up the all-new Movistar E-Team. 

The successful riders will walk away with a one-year contract with Movistar’s all-new e-racing team, which will come with a host of additional benefits besides the WorldTour kudos. Despite the lack of a paid salary, each rider will be assigned a Movistar Team-issue Canyon bike, both in-game and in real life; a Movistar-edition Elite Direto XR turbo trainer; full Movistar Team kit, including Le Coq Sportif casual wear, Abus helmet and 100% sunglasses; as well as a selection of tech including a Garmin computer.

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Josh Croxton
Tech Editor

As the Tech Editor here at Cyclingnews, Josh leads on content relating to all-things tech, including bikes, kit and components in order to cover product launches and curate our world-class buying guides, reviews and deals. Alongside this, his love for WorldTour racing and eagle eyes mean he's often breaking tech stories from the pro peloton too. 


On the bike, 32-year-old Josh has been riding and racing since his early teens. He started out racing cross country when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s and has never looked back. He's always training for the next big event and is keen to get his hands on the newest tech to help. He enjoys a good long ride on road or gravel, but he's most alive when he's elbow-to-elbow in a local criterium.