Movistar shake up sports directors as Jurgen Roelandts joins roster

Jürgen Roelandts racing with Movistar at the Tour Down Under in 2020, his final season before retirement
Jürgen Roelandts racing with Movistar at the Tour Down Under in 2020, his final season before retirement (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Jürgen Roelandts, who retired from professional cycling at the end of 2020, is set to rejoin Movistar but this time the Belgian rider will be in the car, taking on a role as sports director in 2023. 

“My last team as a road pro was the Movistar Team, and even if my results there weren’t the best of my career, due to some injuries and bad luck, I really liked the atmosphere,” said Roelandts in a statement. “I was always a fan of this organisation, and I’m hopeful I can give something back to them.”

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Simone Giuliani
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Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.