Kas (cycling team)
Kas was the name of two professional cycling teams in the 1960s to the 1980s. Sponsored the teams from a Spanish beverage company, which his lemonade brand Kas - now distributed by PepsiCo - applied. The traditional jersey color was yellow with blue lettering; later the reverse combination was chosen.
History
1958-1979
The first Kas team was founded in 1958. This year, the team won with Fausto Izan a stage of the Vuelta a España. 1959 undertook the team's Spanish champions in 1958, Federico Bahamontes, had previously won twice the mountains classification in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Bahamontes won the disputed in National Team Tour de France in 1959 and left Kas 1960. Nevertheless, that team Antonio Karmay Mestre won the mountain stage of the Vuelta a España in 1960, 1961 and 1962. Too, in 1964 and 1965 the team won the mountain classification Vuelta a España by Julio Jiménez.
Kas - Kaskol dominated the Vuelta 1966: Francisco Gabica was the overall winner, Eusebio Velez Mendizabal was runner Carlos Echeverría third parties Gregorio San Miguel was the winner of the mountains classification and the driver of the team won a total of 14 of the 18 stages.
Kas won the team classification of Vuelta in 1967 and 1968.
1971 obliged the team the best Neoprofi the Vuelta in 1970, José Manuel Fuente. Fuente won the Maglia Verde of the Giro d' Italia in 1971 and the Vuelta in 1972. Teammate Miguel Maria Lasa was second. Four other Kas - driver were placed in the top ten. The team won the mountains classification, the points standings, the combined score and the team score.
At the Giro d' Italia 1972 Fuente took over temporarily the pink jersey of the leader, again won the mountain classification and eventually became second behind Eddy Merckx.
In 1974 Fuente again the Vuelta and the team the team standings.
The following year, Kas again won the mountain classification, points classification and team classification at the Vuelta. Pending the completion of the time trial, the riders of led on the overall standings. Then Agustín Tamames took the lead and directed the Kas - driver Domingo Perurena and Miguel María Lasa to the places.
Kas again won the Vuelta a España 1976 mitJosé Pesarrodona and the mountains classification with Andrés Oliva. The team won the team classification of Vuelta a España in 1978 and 1979. 1979, the last year of this team, met with numerous Belgian rider of the team along with the sporting director Robert Lelangue. Lucien Van Impe, won the Tour de France in 1976, won a stage of the Tour de France in 1979 for the team.
1985-1988
In 1985, as a cosponsor of Kas managed by Jean de Gribaldy team Skil -Sem team back to cycling. The following year, Kas took over the sponsorship of the team name and the Kas - shirt reappeared in the peloton. Seeking to satisfy the interests of the sponsor, the team traveled increasingly Spanish race.
The team won among others, with Sean Kelly the Vuelta a España in 1988, the Basque Country tour in 1986 and 1987, the Tour of Catalonia 1986 and Acacio Da Silva the Zuri- pig roast 1986.
After de Gribaldy died in a car accident in January 1987, the original French team took to the Spanish nationality. 1988 died and the team owner and Kas presented a sponsorship.