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.

José Vicente García
Personal information
Full nameJosé Vicente García Acosta
NicknameChente
Born (1972-08-04) 4 August 1972 (age 52)
San Sebastián, Spain
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
1995–2011Banesto
Managerial team
2013–Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2000)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1997, 2002)

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

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1996
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
1st Stage 6
1997
1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España
7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1998
1st GP Eddy Merckx (with Abraham Olano)
4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
5th Overall Circuit Sarthe
10th Subida al Naranco
1999
6th LuK Challenge Chrono
7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2000
1st Stage 13 Tour de France
2002
1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
7th Overall Tour of Luxembourg
2003
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 2 TTT Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th GP Pino Cerami
2004
1st Stage 2 TTT Vuelta a Castilla y León
7th Clásica de Almería
2006
1st Stages 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León
2007
1st Stage 1 TTT Tour Méditerranéen
2011
1st Stage 3 TTT Vuelta a Burgos

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  Giro d'Italia Did not Race
  Tour de France DNF DNF 68 53 DNF 122 125 86 148 114 90 138
  Vuelta a España 62 48 53 63 111 75 108 106 72 104 124 119 137 115 DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Garcia Acosta Calls Time On Professional Career". Cyclingnews.com. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Chente y Laguía, nuevos directores del Movistar Team". Marca.com: online Spanish language newspaper. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Movistar Team Website – Staff". ABARCA www.movistarteam.com SPORTS, SL.
  4. ^ "José Vicente García". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "José Vicente García Acosta". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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