The hours of Miguel Ángel López as a Movistar cyclist could be numbered. Despite having renewed for a season with the team, the incident involving the runner in the penultimate stage of La Vuelta, where he left the race when he was third overall, has triggered a series of misunderstandings that could end with the runner’s departure .
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Colombian cyclist will not continue in the Movistar team next season and his possible destination will be Astana again., where he made the leap as a professional and where he competed even before signing for Movistar.
Everything is due to López’s reaction after what happened in the penultimate stage after getting off the bike, disobeying the team’s orders to continue in the race. Despite apologizing on Saturday night, Eusebio Unzué confirmed on Radioestadio Noche that López was absent from the team’s dinner to celebrate the objectives achieved with the second place of Enric Mas. In fact, the team manager left López’s future up in the air. “One of the options is that López does not continue at Movistar. In a few days we will make the final decision.” At the moment Movistar, Astana and López himself have not commented on an action that may trigger one of the great transfers of the season after the controversy that has been unleashed.