Marcos-Antonio Serrano
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Pontevedra
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, Spain
Spain
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. Turning professional in 1993, he joined the Kelme
Comunidad Valenciana (cycling team)
-History:In 1979, Kelme sponsored the mountains classification in the Vuelta a España. The owners of Kelme were not satisfied with the publicity that this gave, so they decided to sponsor a cycling team instead....
team
Cycling team
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and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles
ONCE
ONCE , or Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles , is a Spanish foundation founded on December 13, 1938 to raise funds to provide services for the blind and people with serious visual impairment....
(ONCE). He remained part of the same team when in 2004 sponsorship and name passed to Liberty Seguros-Würth and in 2006, as the Astana-Würth Team.
His most significant achievement was victory in the Milano–Torino in 2004. Other palmarès
Palmares
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include victory in the 18th stage of the 2005 Tour de France
2005 Tour de France
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and in the 5th stage of the 1999 Tour of Galicia
Tour of Galicia
The Tour of Galicia is an annual cycling race held in Galicia, Spain. It was first held in 1933 and was held a further five times between 1934 and 1984. In 1984, it became a regular annual race, with the exception of 1986 when it wasn't contested. The most successful rider was Emilio Rodríguez,...
. His best overall classification in the Tour de France was a ninth place finish in 2001.