Movistar Team has agreed a one-year contract with Filip Maciejuk, with the Polish rider set to join the Spanish WorldTour squad for the 2026 season.
The 26-year-old arrives from Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe, where he raced across 2024 and 2025, and Movistar have pitched him as a flat-terrain specialist and time trial option who can also contribute as a high-output domestique on demanding days.
Maciejuk said the move “means a lot” and framed it as the right environment to keep developing, adding that he is “fully motivated to give 100%” and help the team “achieve success in the biggest races”.
What Movistar believe they are getting
Movistar’s announcement leans heavily on Maciejuk’s profile as a rider built for the hard, repetitive work that shapes stage races and the flatter Classics. He is described as a powerful rouleur, reliable in teamwork, and effective at controlling pace when the peloton is nervous or when teams want a day to settle into a predictable rhythm. That points to a rider likely to spend long stretches in the wind, guiding leaders through positioning battles, and helping keep the group together when the race threatens to split.
His time trial credentials reinforce that framing. Maciejuk is a two-time Polish national time trial champion, winning the title in both 2024 and 2025, and Movistar are clearly signalling they see value in another rider capable of producing high, sustained power and contributing in race situations where rhythm and aerodynamics matter.
WorldTour experience and a moment that still follows him
Maciejuk arrives with multiple seasons at the top level already banked, first with Bahrain Victorious and then with Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe. Movistar’s statement explicitly points to that WorldTour experience as part of the appeal, suggesting they expect him to slot into the day-to-day structure of a season built around Grand Tours and one-day races without needing a long adaptation period.
There is also an incident that remains a reference point in any broader discussion of his career: the crash at the 2023 Tour of Flanders, where he rejoined the road from the verge and triggered a major pile-up, after which the UCI handed him a 30-day suspension. It is not part of Movistar’s announcement, but it is part of his public profile, and it sits in the background of any move to a new team as a reminder of how quickly a split-second decision can define a race, particularly in the Classics.
What his results say about his profile
Maciejuk’s win record fits the picture of a rider whose biggest successes have come through time trialling and stage-race consistency rather than the marquee one-day victories that define the WorldTour headlines. He has nine career wins, highlighted by national time trial titles for Poland in 2024 and 2025, as well as Under-23 and development-level stage-race successes that underline his ability to perform repeatedly across a week. Those include overall victories and stage wins at the Carpathian Couriers Race and L’Étoile d’Or, plus a stage win at Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala earlier in his career.
What it means for Movistar’s 2026 season
This reads as a support-first signing that strengthens Movistar’s capacity on days when races are decided by organisation rather than fireworks. A rider who can drive a chase, keep leaders out of trouble on exposed roads, and contribute in time trial-focused preparation blocks is valuable across a long season, especially when teams are trying to protect ambitions in stage races while still being competitive in the spring.
For Maciejuk, the message from his own quotes is clear: he is joining to work, to develop, and to be trusted with responsibility. For Movistar, the pitch is equally straightforward: add a dependable engine, add another specialist against the clock, and improve the team’s ability to impose structure when races become messy.
