Andalucía (cycling team) explained

Andalucía
Code:	ACG
Registered:	Spain
Disbanded:	2013
Bicycles:	Bottecchia
Website:	http://www.e-bici.com/
Generalmanager:	Antonio Cabello
Discipline:	Road
Status:	UCI Continental (2005) UCI Professional Continental (2006–2012)
Season:	2005–2006 2007–2010 2011 2012
Oldname:	Andalucía–Paul Versan Andalucía–CajaSur Andalucía–Caja Granada Andalucía
Kitimage:	Andalucía jersey.jpg

Andalucía was a cycling team based in Spain; the team was managed by Antonio Cabello, and assisted by Juan Martínez as a directeur sportif. The team currently does not hold a requisite licence to compete in professional cycle racing, after the team were rejected a Professional Continental licence – where the team had competed at since 2006 – in December 2012.^[1]

The team looked to have a secure future, after the Andalusian government guaranteed sponsorship until 2010.^[2] However, they folded after the 2012 season.

2012 roster

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Major wins

2005

Circuito de Getxo, David Fernández

Stages 1 & 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Carlos Castaño

2006

Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía, Adolfo Garcia Quesada

Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y Léon, Ángel Edo

Stage 3 Vuelta a La Rioja, Manuel Vazquez

Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya, Luis Pérez Romero

GP Llodio, Jaume Rovira

Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua, Luis Pérez Romero

Stages 1 & 3, Luis Pérez Romero

2007

Overall Volta ao Alentejo, Manuel Vazquez

Stage 1, Manuel Vazquez

Overall Clasica Alcobendas, Luis Pérez Rodríguez

Stage 1, Luis Pérez Rodríguez

Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Luis Pérez Rodríguez

2008

Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía, José Antonio López

Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y Léon, Francisco Ventoso

Stage 1 Vuelta a La Rioja, Francisco Ventoso

Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya, José Luis Carrasco

2009

Stage 5 Tour de San Luis, Xavier Tondo

Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía, Xavier Tondo

Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias, Ángel Vicioso

Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Antonio Piedra

2010

GP Llodio, Ángel Vicioso

Vuelta a La Rioja, Ángel Vicioso

Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias, Ángel Vicioso

2011

Stage 5a Rutas de America, Jesús Rosendo

Circuito de Getxo, Juan José Lobato

Stage 4a Volta a Portugal, José Vicente Toribio

2012

Stages 2 & 10 Vuelta de Chile, Juan José Lobato

Stage 5b Vuelta de Chile, Adrián Palomares

Stage 7 Vuelta de Chile, Javier Ramírez

Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía, Javier Ramírez

Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Javier Ramírez

Stage 1, Javier Ramírez

Stage 5, Javier Chacón

Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Juan José Lobato

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

News: RusVelo, Andalucia miss Pro Continental licenses. VeloNews. 19 December 2012. 2 January 2013.
News: Antonio J. . Salmerón . Antequera leads new team based on Comunidad Valenciana . Latest Cycling News for 29 September 2006 . Cyclingnews.com . 2006-09-26 . 2006-10-02 .
Web site: Andalucia (ACG) – ESP . https://archive.today/20120707005011/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3364&npage=&search=&l=ENG . dead . 7 July 2012 . 9 January 2012 . . .