Spanish cyclist
José Vicente García Acosta (born 4 August 1972 in San Sebastián) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rode his entire career for the team currently known as the Movistar Team. In his career, he won a stage of the Tour de France, two stages in the Vuelta a España and the Grand Prix Eddy Merckx with Abraham Olano. He completed the Vuelta 14 times.
García Acosta retired after the 2011 season, having spent 17 years in the pro ranks with the same team, albeit racing under different sponsorship names.[1] After filling several different staff duties during the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España in 2012, Garcia Acosta was named Directeur Sportif ("Director Deportivo") of Movistar beginning in the 2013 season.[2][3]
Major results
Sources:[4][5]
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
- ^ "Garcia Acosta Calls Time On Professional Career". Cyclingnews.com. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Chente y Laguía, nuevos directores del Movistar Team". Marca.com: online Spanish language newspaper. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Movistar Team Website – Staff". ABARCA www.movistarteam.com SPORTS, SL.
- ^ "José Vicente García". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "José Vicente García Acosta". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
External links
- José Vicente García at trap-friis.dk
- José Vicente García at UCI
- José Vicente García at Cycling Archives
- José Vicente García at ProCyclingStats
- José Vicente García at Cycling Quotient
- José Vicente García at CycleBase
