Caja Rural re-entered professional cycling in the 2010 season. In late 2009, Caja Rural decided to move back to the professional peloton, forming a
UCI Continental Team (competing in the Europe
UCI Continental Circuits) that among other things would give continuity to their under 23 and elite amateur teams. In 2010, its first year returning as a professional team, the team's total budget was €837,932. The original squad was made up of 16 riders, of whom 5 had come up from the amateur team. During the season, 4 members of the amateur team turned professional, 3 of them joining Caja Rural and one moving to
Movistar. On October 19, 2010, Juanikorena Iñaki signed a contract with Preventia Sports Club (
Club Deportivo Preventia), who manage the Caja Rural professional team, to continue as the team's Directeur Sportif in 2011. However, on 14 December 2010, he announced his departure due to major professional differences over approaches to training ("
importantes diferencias en los criterios técnicos-deportivos"). Iñaki was replaced by Mikel Azparren. At the end of January 2011, Iñaki brought a lawsuit against the team in the Civil Court (
Juzgado de los Social) of
Pamplona,
Navarra,
Spain. Iñaki proved breach of contract in his suit. The team's appeal to the Superior Court (
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Navarra) was dismissed on July 25, 2012, and the
UCI made full payment of his salary for 2011, drawing from the team's bank guaranty held by the
UCI. In 2011, Caja Rural advanced to the
UCI Professional Continental category with a view to competing in top level racing, especially the
2011 Vuelta a España, the first
Vuelta in 33 years to visit the
Basque Country. On its début as a
UCI Professional Continental team, Caja Rural adopted the motto: "
un equipo para creer, un equipo para crecer" ("a team to believe in, a team for growth"). The team emphasizes that "growth" in the latter part of this motto is meant to connote not only the growth of the squad, but also the growth of athletes as individuals, in particular amateur athletes making the leap to the professional ranks. The team did not compete in the
2011 Vuelta a España, but was named the Best Navarro Sports Team in 2011 by the Government of
Navarra. Caja Rural was invited to participate in the
2012 Vuelta a España, which departed from
Pamplona where the team is based. The
2012 Vuelta saw Caja Rural rider
Antonio Piedra, take Stage 15, a high mountain affair finishing atop the Lakes of Covadonga climb. Piedra dropped his breakaway companions on the first "Hors Category" climb of the
Vuelta, and finished with 2 minutes and 2 seconds advantage over his nearest competitor. The team's enthusiasm for competition in their
Vuelta début was highlighted by a heartbreaking episode in the 4th stage.
Marcos García valiantly fought to the head of the peloton, sprinted to the finish line and threw kisses to the crowd as he crossed it triumphantly. However, owing to miscommunication with the team car, he was unaware that three escapees had crossed the line before him.
David Arroyo of the
Movistar Team who placed second in the
2010 Giro d'Italia and
Amets Txurruka who rode for and took first in the
Young Riders Classification at the
2007 Tour de France joined Caja Rural in the 2013 season. These two experienced riders have participated in 25 Grand Tours. After a change of management in the 2012 season and in an effort to retain its
UCI World Tour license, began including more riders from outside the
Basque Country who hold high UCI World Tour rankings. Caja Rural has been a beneficiary of this policy picking up Txurruka and
Iván Velasco from , but the team also lost the promising young cyclist
Garikoitz Bravo to at the same time. On 21 February 2013, the team's name changed to "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA". Two days later
Antonio Piedra took the first podium for the newly renamed team by winning the Mountains Classification in the
Vuelta a Murcia, part of the
UCI Europe Tour. The first General Classification victory for the newly badged team was won by
Francesco Lasca on 31 March 2013 in the
Vuelta a La Rioja. Caja Rural–Seguros RGA rider
Javier Aramendia won the Overall Combativity Award at the
2013 Vuelta a España after he and his teammates
Antonio Piedra,
David Arroyo and
Fabricio Ferrari took 7 of the 20 stage Combativity Awards given during the race. ==Sponsorship==