Artiach (cycling team)

Artiach
Team information
Registered	Spain
Founded	1984
Disbanded	1995
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1984; January 1985 – June 1985; July 1985 – 1986; January 1987 – March 1987; April 1987 – 1988; January 1989 – June 1989; July 1989 – December 1989; January 1990 – June 1990; July 1990 – 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995	Orbea–Danena; Orbea–Gin MG; Seat–Orbea; Seat–Orbea–Danena; Caja Rural–Orbea; Caja Rural; Paternina; Orbea–Alimentos de España; Artiach–Royal; Artiach–Filipinos–Chiquilin; Artiach–Nabisco; Artiach–Chiquilin

Artiach was a Spanish professional cycling team that existed from 1984 to 1995.^[1]^[2] It was merged into the Kelme–Sureña team for the 1996 season, becoming Kelme–Artiach.^[3] Pedro Delgado won the general classification of the 1985 Vuelta a España with the team.

1995 Roster

As at 31 December 1995^[4]

	Rider	Date of birth
Alfredo Clavero (ESP)		(1971-09-27)27 September 1971 (aged 24)
Daniel Clavero (ESP)		(1968-08-09)9 August 1968 (aged 27)
Julio Coello (ESP)		(1969-02-18)18 February 1969 (aged 26)
Américo José Neves Da Silva (POR)		(1964-07-12)12 July 1964 (aged 31)
Unai Etxebarria (VEN)		(1972-11-21)21 November 1972 (aged 23)
Ramón Garcia (ESP)		(1970-12-13)13 December 1970 (aged 25)
José Manuel Garcia (ESP)		(1968-03-16)16 March 1968 (aged 27)
Félix García Casas (ESP)		(1968-12-29)29 December 1968 (aged 27)
Leon Giner (ESP)		(1969-01-22)22 January 1969 (aged 26)
Junichi Kikuta (JPN)		(1966-12-08)8 December 1966 (aged 29)

	Rider	Date of birth
Mariano Moreda (ESP)		(1971-02-11)11 February 1971 (aged 24)
Asensio Navarro (ESP)		(1970-11-17)17 November 1970 (aged 25)
Manuel Pascual (ESP)		(1969-10-20)20 October 1969 (aged 26)
Orlando Rodrigues (POR)		(1969-10-21)21 October 1969 (aged 26)
José Luis Rubiera (ESP)		(1973-01-27)27 January 1973 (aged 22)
Rafael Ruiz (ESP)		(1971-09-21)21 September 1971 (aged 24)
Asiat Saitov (RUS)		(1965-01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 30)
Antonio Sánchez (ESP)		(1970-10-01)1 October 1970 (aged 25)
Jose Luis Santamaria (ESP)		(1968-12-28)28 December 1968 (aged 27)

Major wins

Sources:^[5]^[6]

1984

Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Pello Ruiz

Stage 2 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Felipe Yáñez De La Torre

Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country, Jon Koldo Urien Gomez

Stage 2 Volta a Galicia, Jokin Mújika

1985

Stage 4 Vuelta a Murcia, Felipe Yáñez De La Torre

Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Pello Ruiz

Stage 5 Vuelta a Cantabria, Manuel Murga Sáez De Ormijana

Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Mathieu Hermans

Overall Vuelta a España, Pedro Delgado

Stage 6, Pedro Delgado

Stage 17, Pello Ruiz

Stage 17 Tour de France, Pedro Delgado

Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos, Santiago Izuzkiza Aguirrebengoa

Prologue and Stage 5 Griffin 1000, Manuel Jorge Domínguez

Stage 7 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Felipe Yáñez De La Torre

1986

Vuelta al Bidasoa, Jesus Arambarri Arregui

Vuelta a Murcia

Stage 2, Manuel Jorge Domínguez

Stage 3 TTT

Vuelta a España

Stage 2, Manuel Jorge Domínguez

Stage 8, Marino Lejarreta

Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 5 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros, Jaime Vilamajo Ipiens

Stages 2 & 7 Vuelta a Aragón, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 3 GP du Midi Libre, Pello Ruiz

Stage 5 Vuelta a Cantabria, Jose Salvador Sanchis

Stage 9 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Vicente Ridaura

Stage 4 Tour de France, Pello Ruiz

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Marino Lejarreta

Trofeo Masferrer, Antonio Esparza

Stage 7 Volta Catalunya, Pello Ruiz

Stage 3 Vuelta a La Rioja, Manuel Jorge Domínguez

Subida al Naranco, Marino Lejarreta

Memorial Manuel Galera, Vicente Ridaura

1987

Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía, Pascal Jules

GP Albacete, Marcel Arntz

GP Camp de Morvedre, Roland Le Clerc

Trofeo Luis Puig, Pello Ruiz

Stages 1, 2 & 3 Comunitat Valenciana, Mathieu Hermans

Overall Vuelta a Murcia, Pello Ruiz

Stages 4 & 6, Pello Ruiz

Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Pello Ruiz

Paris–Camembert, Mathieu Hermans

Vuelta a España

Stages 9 & 15, Antonio Esparza

Stage 22, Jaime Vilamajo Ipiens

Stage 1 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros, Antonio Esparza

Stage 6 Vuelta a Asturias, Manuel Murga Sáez De Ormijana

Overall Euskal Bizikleta, Marino Lejarreta

GP Caboalles de Abajo, Pello Ruiz

Gran Premio de Llodio, Pello Ruiz

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Marino Lejarreta

Prologue & Stage 5, Marino Lejarreta

Stage 2 TTT

Clásica Ciclista de San Sebastián, Marino Lejarreta

Subida a Urkiola, Marino Lejarreta

Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland, Mathieu Hermans

Volta a Galicia, Jokin Mújika

1988

GP Albacete, Mathieu Hermans

Stages 3 & 6 Comunitat Valenciana, Mathieu Hermans

Vuelta a Murcia

Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 5, TTT

Stages 1, 2 & 3 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Mathieu Hermans

Stages 4, 6, 7, 10, 16 & 21 Vuelta a España, Mathieu Hermans

Overall Euskal Bizikleta, Jokin Mújika

Stage 3, Jokin Mújika

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Marino Lejarreta

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Marino Lejarreta

Prologue, Marino Lejarreta

Subida a Urkiola, Marino Lejarreta

Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland, Mathieu Hermans

Volta a Galicia, Marino Lejarreta

Trofeo Masferrer, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 1 Volta Catalunya, Mathieu Hermans

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc, Marino Lejarreta

Stages 1 & 2, Marino Lejarreta

1989

Trofeo Luis Puig, Mathieu Hermans

Grand Prix de Cannes, Roland Le Clerc

Route du Pays Basque, Roland Le Clerc

Klasika Primavera, Marino Lejarreta

Omloop Leiedal, Ludo Peeters

Vuelta a España

Stage 3 TTT

Stages 14, 15 & 20, Mathieu Hermans

Tour de Luxembourg

Stage 1, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 5, Roland Le Clerc

Stage 11 Tour de France, Mathieu Hermans

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Marino Lejarreta

Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama, Jokin Mújika

Overall Volta a Catalunya, Marino Lejarreta

Stage 1, Mathieu Hermans

Stage 2 Vuelta a La Rioja, Marino Lejarreta

Trio Normand, Roland Le Clerc

Overall Herald Sun Tour, Marcel Arntz

Stage 11, Stephen Hodge

Stage 15, Marcel Arntz

1990

Stage 7 Olympia's Tour, Dick Dekker

Stages 3a, 4 & 6 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Neil Stephens

Volta a Portugal

Stages 2 & 3, Dick Dekker

Stage 5, Neil Stephens

Stage 11, José Antonio Sanchez Valencia

Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Dick Dekker

Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour, Neil Stephens

1991

Stage 1 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Juan Carlos Arribas

Volta a Portugal

Stage 2, José Antonio Sánchez

Stage 4, Vicente Juan Ridaura

Stage 5, José Santiago

1992

Stages 3 & 4 Vuelta a Mallorca, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Stage 2 Vuelta Asturias, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Stages 2 & 4 Volta a Portugal, Asier Guenetxea

Stage 5 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Asier Guenetxea

Stage 9 Volta a Portugal, Vicente Juan Ridaura

1993

Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Vuelta a Murcia

Stage 3, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Stage 5b, Erwin Nijboer

Stage 2 Vuelta a España, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias

Stage 4, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Stage 6, Américo José Neves Da Silva

Clásica de Sabiñánigo, Asier Guenetxea

Vuelta a Castilla y León

Stage 2, Asier Guenetxea

Stage 3, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Volta a Portugal

Stage 5, Luis Espinosa

Stage 7, Américo José Neves Da Silva

Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Alfonso Gutiérrez

1994

Circuito de Getxo, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Vuelta a Mallorca

Stages 3a & 5, Alfonso Gutiérrez

Stage 3b, Asier Guenetxea

Stage 2 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros, Juan Rodrigo Arenas

Stage 5 Vuelta Asturias, Luis Alberto Camargo

Portugal Portuguese National Road Race Championships, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

Stage 1, Américo José Neves Da Silva

Stage 3, Asier Guenetxea

Stage 7, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Overall Volta a Portugal, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Stage 3, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

1995

Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Felix Manuel García Casas

Stage 5a Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Asiat Saitov

Stage 3 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros, Rafael Ruiz

Overall Volta ao Alentejo, Asiat Saitov

Stages 1 & 2, Asiat Saitov

Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias, Mariano Moreda

Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja, Mariano Moreda

Russia Russian National Road Race Championships, Asiat Saitov

Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Stages 1 & 2, Mariano Moreda

Overall Volta a Portugal, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Stage 5, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues

Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Asiat Saitov

Supplementary statistics

Sources^[7]^[8]

Race	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Grand Tours by highest finishing position
Giro d'Italia	–	–	–	4	–	10	–	–	–	32	–	–
Tour de France	–	6	18	10	16	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vuelta a España	15	1	5	28	14	19	–	49	37	22	10	8
Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position
Race	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Paris–Nice	–	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
Tirreno–Adriatico	–	–	–	–	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Volta a Catalunya	13	9	6	9	3	1	55	38	15	18	5	7
Tour of the Basque Country	8	1	11	10	4	8	–	13	20	35	39	16
Tour de Romandie	–	–	?^{[N 1]}	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Critérium du Dauphiné	Never Raced
Tour de Suisse	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vuelta a Burgos	10	7	1	1	1	7	–	9	19	16	18	15
Ronde van Nederland	–	11	15	4	16	–	–	–	–	45	–	–
Monument races by highest finishing position
Race	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Milan–San Remo	–	–	–	55	29	48	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tour of Flanders	–	–	–	49	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paris–Roubaix	–	–	37	24	67	11	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	–	–	–	24	46	34	–	–	–	–	–	–
Giro di Lombardia	–	–	–	–	3	30	–	–	–	–	–	–
Classics by highest finishing position
Classic	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Omloop Het Volk	–	–	–	27	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
E3 Harelbeke	–	–	–	–	4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gent–Wevelgem	–	–	–	11	26	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Amstel Gold Race	–	–	33	69	38	27	–	–	–	–	–	–
La Flèche Wallonne	–	–	–	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clásica de San Sebastián	11	7	2	1	4	63	–	–	57	–	34	73

Notes

^ A Stage was won by a rider but no record of top placing rider exists

National champions

1994: Portuguese National Road Race Championships, Orlando Sergio Rodrigues
1995: Russian National Road Race Championships, Asiat Saitov

References

^ "Orbea - Danena (1984)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Artiach - Chiquilin (1995)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Kelme - Artiach (1996)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Artiach 1995". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Orbea – Campagnolo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
^ "Orbea". firstcycling. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
^ "firstcycling". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "ProCyclingStats". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[9] A Stage was won by a rider but no record of top placing rider exists

[1] "Orbea - Danena (1984)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[2] "Artiach - Chiquilin (1995)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[3] "Kelme - Artiach (1996)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[4] "Artiach 1995". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[5] "Orbea – Campagnolo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[6] "Orbea". firstcycling. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[7] "firstcycling". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[8] "ProCyclingStats". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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