Orluis Aular, winner of the Trofeo Matteotti earlier this month, signed a dream contract with the Movistar Workforce for 2 years, the workforce introduced on Wednesday.
Aular spent the previous 5 seasons with Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, with whom he got here into his personal within the final two seasons, taking total victories within the Volta ao Alentejo and CRO Race final 12 months and the GP Internacional Torres Vedras-Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho this season together with second total within the Tour du Limousin.
“To be trustworthy, I by no means imagined I may make it to the WorldTour,” Aular mentioned within the workforce’s press launch. “I all the time sought to progress one step at a time. I first tried to make it to the European peloton, and I achieved it because of Jesús Rodríguez Magro competing in Spain with EC Cartucho.”
Rodríguez, a former professional with Banesto, was the proprietor of Aular’s newbie workforce, and Aular’s journey in Spain continued on a extra international scale with a stint of racing in Belgium and France in 2017 and a collection of races in China the next 12 months. He signed with the Japanese workforce Matrix Powertag in 2019, with whom he received the Tour de Kumano.
These achievements led Aulaur to signal with Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, the place he started to get a foothold within the European peloton amid the COVID pandemic. He picked up his first victory with the workforce in 2022 on the Classica da Arrabida and adopted that together with his first total win within the Volta ao Alentejo.
“I can’t thank Caja Rural sufficient for the prospect they gave me again them. I knew that it could solely get more durable from there, and it has been a few years of laborious work and dedication to get this stunning alternative with the Movistar Workforce. It makes me glad and in addition so emotional – it is by no means been straightforward,” Aular mentioned.
“2024 has been my finest season but. 12 months by 12 months I’ve improved so much, and I used to be capable of preserve consistency in each my efficiency and outcomes this season, with the goal of attending to the WorldTour. That want has propelled me to work more durable than I’ve ever accomplished. I have been capable of recover from some mountains in higher kind than ever, and having the ‘plus’ of realizing I may stand that probability of becoming a member of the Movistar Workforce gave me hope to proceed enhancing in lots of facets.
“I am on the workforce’s full disposal for no matter they could want. I’ll preserve chasing targets, as I’ve accomplished over my total profession, making an attempt to be a great allrounder and displaying I’ve nonetheless obtained room to enhance. I am a bit anxious to get going, know the teammates and workers – a few of them I’ve already shared time with up to now, and I wish to help the workforce and provides it my all.”
