Xacobeo–Galicia

Xacobeo Galicia

Team information
UCI code	KGZ (2007-2008) XGZ (2009) XAC (2010)
Registered	Spain
Founded	2007 (2007)
Disbanded	2010
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Professional Continental
Bicycles	BH Orbea
Key personnel
General manager
Team name history
2006–2007 2007–2008 2009-2010	Fundación Ciclismo Galego Karpin-Galicia Xacobeo Galicia
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Xacobeo Galicia was a professional continental cycling team from Spain. It competed in the UCI Europe Tour and, when selected as a wild card, in UCI ProTour events. The creation of the team was announced on July 11, 2006 as Fundación Ciclismo Galego following the withdrawal of four of the nine Spanish professional cycling teams from the sport. Xacobeo Galicia was managed by , with assistance from directeur sportif Álvaro Pino, Jesús Blanco Villar and José Angel Vidal.

The team received wildcard invitations to the Vuelta a España in 2007 and 2008.

It disappeared in 2010 following the withdrawal of the Xunta de Galicia as sponsors.

History[]

In 2006, the Galician regional government, the Xunta de Galicia, proposed the creation of a Galician professional cycling team in an attempt to emulate the success the Basque government-sponsored Euskaltel–Euskadi team.

The project received not only the economic support of the Xunta but that of the former Russian international footballer Valery Karpin, who following his retirement had set up Valery Karpin, S.L., a property company in the region.

On August 26, 2008 with the acquisition of a new sponsor the team changed its name from Karpin Galicia to Xacobeo Galicia.

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  Karpin Galicia (2007–2008)

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  Xacobeo Galicia (2010)

Wins[]

Former riders[]

As of July 20, 2010.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Carlos Castaño (ESP) (1979-05-07) May 7, 1979 (age 42)  Gustavo César (ESP) (1980-01-29) January 29, 1980 (age 41)  Gustavo Domínguez (ESP) (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 40)  José Antonio de Segovia (ESP) (1982-10-22) October 22, 1982 (age 38)  Delio Fernández (ESP) (1986-02-17) February 17, 1986 (age 35)  Alberto Fernández (ESP) (1981-11-15) November 15, 1981 (age 39)  David García (ESP) (1977-09-30) September 30, 1977 (age 43)  Marcos García (ESP) (1986-12-04) December 4, 1986 (age 34)

Rider Date of birth  Rodrigo García (ESP) (1980-02-27) February 27, 1980 (age 41)  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) (1986-04-21) April 21, 1986 (age 35)  Serafín Martínez (ESP) (1984-02-14) February 14, 1984 (age 37)  Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) (1975-11-19) November 19, 1975 (age 45)  Nelson Oliveira (POR) (1989-03-06) March 6, 1989 (age 32)  Francisco José Pacheco (ESP) (1982-03-27) March 27, 1982 (age 39)  Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP) (1984-08-01) August 1, 1984 (age 37)  Gustavo Rodríguez (ESP) (1979-09-16) September 16, 1979 (age 41)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website