Movistar Team (women's team) Movistar Team (women's team) Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing women's team which participates in elite women's races. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company's brand "Movistar". In September 2017, announced it would join the likes of , , and in the creation of a predominantly Spanish women's team aimed at developing women's cycling within Spain. In early October 2017, the inaugural roster was announced: Mavi García, Spanish national time trial champion - Lourdes Oyarbide and Lorena Llamas joining from . Alicia González Blanco, Eider
Legal monopoly Legal monopoly A legal monopoly, statutory monopoly, or "de jure" monopoly is a monopoly that is protected by law from competition. A statutory monopoly may take the form of a government monopoly where the state owns the particular means of production or government-granted monopoly where a private interest is protected from competition such as being granted exclusive rights to offer a particular service in a specific region (e.g. patented inventions) while agreeing to have their policies and prices regulated. This type of monopoly is usually contrasted with ""de facto" monopoly" which is a broad category for monopolies that are not