EPM-TIGOUNE-Área Metropolitana have presented Oscar Sevilla and Fabio Duarte (Team Colombia) as its leaders for the 2016 season. Cayetano Sarmiento (Team Colombia) and Edward Beltran (Saxo-Tinkoff) are another two signings for the Colombian team.
Duarte will return to his home country after five years in Europe and rejoin the team with which he won the Vuelta de la Juventud in 2006. In addition to the former U23 world champion, the team also get important WorldTour experience from Beltran and Sarmiento.
Sevilla, triple winner of the Vuelta a Colombia, will start his fourth season with the team, with his mind set on winning the national race for a fourth time. Other riders to stay in the team are Juan Pablo Suarez, Weimar Roldan, Robigzon Oyola, Edwin Carvajal and U23 riders John Anderson Rodriguez, Mateo Garcia and Panamanian Roberto Gonzalez.
Roster
Returning riders: Óscar Sevilla, Juan Pablo Suárez, Weimar Roldán, Robigzon Oyola, Edwin Carvajal, Óscar Álvarez, Kevin Ríos, Nicolás Castro, John Anderson Rodríguez, Mateo García, Iván Camilo Medina, Roberto González
New signings: Fabio Duarte, Edward Beltrán, Cayetano Sarmiento, Sebastián Caro, Eduardo Estrada, Elkin Manuel Castaño
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