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	Rodrigo Rodríguez
Team name history
2006–2007 2007–2008 2009–2010	Fundación Ciclismo Galego Karpin-Galicia Xacobeo Galicia
Jersey

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 Rodrigo Rodriguez, 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  Gustavo César (ESP) (1980-01-29) January 29, 1980  Gustavo Domínguez (ESP) (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980  José Antonio de Segovia (ESP) (1982-10-22) October 22, 1982  Delio Fernández (ESP) (1986-02-17) February 17, 1986  Alberto Fernández (ESP) (1981-11-15) November 15, 1981  David García (ESP) (1977-09-30) September 30, 1977  Marcos García (ESP) (1986-12-04) December 4, 1986

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

References

External links

• Official website