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 . 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.
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. 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.
Major results Sources:
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
Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Giro d'Italia colspan=15 rowspan=1 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
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