Vitalicio Seguros
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | VIT | |
| Registered | Spain | |
| Founded | 1998 | |
| Disbanded | 2000 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Javier Minguez | |
| Team name history | ||
1998 — Div. I 1999 — Div. I 2000 — Div. I | Vitalicio Seguros (VIT) Vitalicio Seguros- Grupo Generali (VIT) Vitalicio Seguros- Grupo Generali (VIT) | |
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Vitalicio Seguros (UCI team code: VIT) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racing cycling team active between 1998 and 2000. It helped launch the careers of triple world champion Óscar Freire, 2001 Vuelta a España winner Ángel Casero and Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Igor González de Galdeano.
The team was started by manager in 1998 with funding from Assicurazioni Generali, who wished to promote their Catalan brand and made a three-year commitment.
Major wins
[edit]- 1998
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragón, Serguei Smetanine
- Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Serguei Smetanine
- Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias, Santiago Blanco
Spain Road Race Championships, Ángel Luis Casero- Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Óscar Freire
Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Hernán Buenahora
- Stages 6 & 7
- Stage 1 Tour of Galicia, Serguei Smetanine
- Stages 13, 15 & 20 Vuelta a España, Andrei Zintchenko
- Trofeo Manacor, Elio Aggiano
- 1999
- Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico, Igor González de Galdeano
- Overall Vuelta a Aragón, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- Stage 3
- Overall Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- Stage 1, Serguei Smetanine
- Stage 3, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- Overall Vuelta Asturias
- Stage 1, Álvaro González
- Spain Road Race Championships, Ángel Luis Casero
- Prologue & Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Ángel Luis Casero
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Elio Aggiano
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Serguei Smetanine
- Prologue & Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Igor González de Galdeano
- Subida al Naranco, Santiago Blanco
- Overall Escalada a Montjuïc, Andrei Zintchenko
- Stage 1a
World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire- 2000
- Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol, Santiago Blanco
- Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja, Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
- Stage 4
- Prologue Giro d'Italia, Jan Hruška
- Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Víctor Hugo Peña
- Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Álvaro González
- Stage 20 Giro d'Italia, Jan Hruška
- Spain Road Race Championships, Álvaro González de Galdeano
- Stage 9 Volta a Portugal, Pedro Horrillo
- Stage 5 Tour of Galicia, Iván Ramiro Parra
- Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Álvaro González
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