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Vitalicio Seguros
Vitalicio Seguros () 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 ;1998 : Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragon, Serguei Smetanine : Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Serguei Smetanine : Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Juan Carlos Dominguez : Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias, Santiago Blanco : Road Race Championships, Angel Luis Casero : Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Oscar Freire : Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Hernan Buenahora :: Stages 6 & 7 : Stage 1 Tour of Galicia, Serguei Smetanine : Stages 13, 15 & 20 Vuelta a Espana, Andrei Zintchenko : Trofeo Manacor, Elio Aggiano ;1999 : Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
