Eusebio Unzue is one of the longest-serving managers in professional cycling. His team lineage stretches from Reynolds through Banesto, Illes Balears, Caisse d'Epargne, and Movistar, carrying Spanish stage-racing culture across generations of sponsors and leaders.
Unzue's teams have won Grand Tours with riders such as Pedro Delgado, Miguel Indurain, Oscar Pereiro, Alejandro Valverde, and Nairo Quintana, while also becoming a permanent character in the Tour's tactical theatre. Movistar's modern years have sometimes been mocked for tactical ambiguity, but the team's longevity is extraordinary.
The 2026 Tour gives Movistar another reset point, with Cian Uijtdebroeks and a roster built around survival, climbing, and opportunistic GC possibilities. Unzue's relevance is continuity: he knows how many promising leaders have looked ready in July, and how few survive three weeks.
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