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Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 2025 team presentation

Cycling: This year, we want to introduce you to 24 teams in December. This will be done in reverse order of the UCI ranking. We will start with the Spanish team Caja Rural - Seguros RGA.

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 2024: From 28 to 24

Team Caja Rural – Seguros RGA can look back on a successful season. The Spanish team improved its ranking from 28th last year to 24th this season thanks to numerous strong results. This was achieved primarily through good results in less competitive races. For example, Venezuelan champion Orluis Aular won the Trofeo Matteotti, the GP Torres Vedras, and a stage of the Tour du Limousin. Only Jefferson Cepeda was more successful on the team . The Ecuadorian climber won the overall classification of the Tour of Qinghai Lake and also won a stage of the Tour du Limousin. His two podium finishes at the Vuelta a Burgos and O Gran Camiño brought him to wider public attention. These two stage races boasted prestigious fields and thus generated significant buzz for Team Caja Rural.

Painful losses for 2025

Whether another leap forward in the UCI rankings will be possible next season seems rather unlikely. The transfer period went anything but according to plan for Caja Rural – Seguros RGA. With the departure of the two aforementioned riders, Orluis Aular and Jefferson Cepeda, the team's two key point scorers are leaving for Team Movistar. Three more top performers, all of whom likely still have potential for improvement due to their age, are also leaving: the two Spaniards Jokin Murguialday and Josu Etxeberria, as well as the Czech Tomáš Bárta . Among the new signings, it's difficult to identify a true winner. Joan Bou from Spain can at least claim to influence races with his aggressive riding style, but he has never actually won. Alex Molenaar from the Netherlands, on the other hand, has managed to win several smaller races in recent years, and the Czech Jakub Otruba also knows how to secure victories. With a quick adjustment, they could at least save the Caja Rural – Seguros RGA team in terms of points.

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