title: Vitalicio Seguros
text: # Vitalicio Seguros
  
  Vitalicio Seguros (UCI team code: VIT) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racing cycling team active between 1998 and 2000. It helped launch the careers of triple world champion Óscar Freire, 2001 Vuelta a España winner Ángel Casero and Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Igor González de Galdeano.
  
  The team was started by manager in 1998 with funding from Assicurazioni Generali, who wished to promote their Catalan brand and made a three-year commitment.
  
  ## Major wins
  
  ### 1998
  
      Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragón, Serguei Smetanine
      Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Serguei Smetanine
      Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Juan Carlos Domínguez
      Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias, Santiago Blanco
      Spain Road Race Championships, Ángel Luis Casero
      Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Óscar Freire
      Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Hernán Buenahora
         Stages 6 & 7
      Stage 1 Tour of Galicia, Serguei Smetanine
      Stages 13, 15 & 20 Vuelta a España, Andrei Zintchenko
      Trofeo Manacor, Elio Aggiano
  
  ### 1999
  
      Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico, Igor González de Galdeano
      Overall Vuelta a Aragón, Juan Carlos Domínguez
         Stage 3
      Overall Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Juan Carlos Domínguez
         Stage 1, Serguei Smetanine
         Stage 3, Juan Carlos Domínguez
      Overall Vuelta Asturias
         Stage 1, Álvaro González
      Spain Road Race Championships, Ángel Luis Casero
      Prologue & Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Ángel Luis Casero
      Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Elio Aggiano
      Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Serguei Smetanine
      Prologue & Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Igor González de Galdeano
      Subida al Naranco, Santiago Blanco
      Overall Escalada a Montjuïc, Andrei Zintchenko
         Stage 1a
      World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire
  
  ### 2000
  
      Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol, Santiago Blanco
      Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja, Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
         Stage 4
      Prologue Giro d'Italia, Jan Hruška
      Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Víctor Hugo Peña
      Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Álvaro González
      Stage 20 Giro d'Italia, Jan Hruška
      Spain Road Race Championships, Álvaro González de Galdeano
      Stage 9 Volta a Portugal, Pedro Horrillo
      Stage 5 Tour of Galicia, Iván Ramiro Parra
      Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Álvaro González
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