Natnael Tesfatsion

Natnael Tesfatsion Ocbit was born on 23 May 1999 in Asmara, Eritrea. Movistar’s website spells his name Natnael Tesfazion. He rode for the Eritrean team EriTel in 2018 and turned professional in 2019 with a Dimension Data continental team, which became the NTT Continental Cycling Team in 2020. He then rode for Androni Giocattoli in 2021 and 2022 and for Trek’s WorldTeam in 2023 and 2024, before joining Movistar Team for 2025.

His early wins came in African races. In January 2020 he won stage 2 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and was second overall, winning the young rider classification. A month later he won the Tour du Rwanda, with a stage win and the young rider and African rider classifications, and he won the same race again in 2022. That year he was also second overall at the Adriatica Ionica Race, winning stage 2 and the mountains classification, and second at the Giro dell’Appennino. In 2024 he became Eritrean national road race champion and finished second at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the Down Under Classic. In 2025 he finished third in the Eritrean road race championships, third at the Memorial Marco Pantani and sixth overall at the Tour de Wallonie. ProCyclingStats records a fractured scapula after a crash at the Amstel Gold Race in April 2025.

The 2026 season has brought two victories. On 23 May he won stage 4 of the Four Days of Dunkirk and finished second overall. On 2 August he won the Circuito de Getxo. He also finished fifth at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on 1 February, seventh at Eschborn–Frankfurt, sixth overall at the Deutschland Tour and fourth at the Trofeo Matteotti on 13 September, and he was third in the Eritrean national road race championships in June. ProCyclingStats lists eight career wins for him and shows him with Movistar until 2028.