Vitalicio Seguros
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.
| 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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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
- 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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