Team Manzana Postobón

Team Manzana Postobón
Team information
UCI code	MZN
Registered	Colombia
Founded	2006
Disbanded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	National (2006) ; UCI Continental (2007–2014) ; National (2015) ; UCI Continental (2016) ; UCI Professional Continental (2017–2019)
Bicycles	Gios
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Luis Fernando Saldarriaga
Team name history
2006 ; 2007; 2008–2009 ; 2010; 2011–2012; 2012–2014; 2015–2019	Colombia es Pasión; Colombia es Pasión Team; Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes; Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión; Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia; 4-72 Colombia; Team Manzana Postobón

Team Manzana Postobón (UCI team code: MZN) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Colombia. The team was founded in 2006, becoming a Continental team in 2007. In 2015, the team competed as a club, before returning to Continental status the following year. From 2017 until its disbanding in 2019 the team held Professional Continental status.

In 2016 the team had quality to finally jump up to the Pro Continental level for 2017, the first Colombian professional team in that level since Team Colombia cycling team in 2015.^[1]

On May 25, 2019, the team announced that it would fold with immediate effect after two doping cases had been announced.^[2]

Doping

In April 2019 the team terminated Wilmar Paredes’ contract after the UCI announced that he had tested positive for EPO.^[3]

In May 2019 Juan José Amador notified of an adverse analytical finding for the banned steroid, Boldenone an out-of-competition control held on 22 October 2018. According to UCI anti-doping regulation 7.12.1, the team will now be suspended for a period of between 15 and 45 days, to be decided by the UCI Disciplinary Commission, due to the team registering a second adverse analytical finding within a 12-month period.^[4]

Final team roster

As of 20 January 2019.^[5]

	Rider	Date of birth
Juan José Amador (COL)		(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26)
Luis Carlos Chía (COL)		(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)
Jhojan García (COL)		(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26)
Bryan Gómez (COL)		(1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 29)
Daniel Jaramillo (COL)		(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)
Omar Mendoza (COL)		(1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 34)
Diego Ochoa (COL)		(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31)
Juan Felipe Osorio (COL)		(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)

	Rider	Date of birth
Wilmar Paredes (COL)		(1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 28)
Jordan Parra (COL)		(1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)
Carlos Quintero (COL)		(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)
Jhonatan Restrepo (COL)		(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29)
Aldemar Reyes (COL)		(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 29)
Nicolás Sáenz (COL)		(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 27)
Yecid Sierra (COL)		(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 30)
Bernardo Suaza (COL)		(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)