Del Tongo (cycling team)

Del Tongo (UCI team code: DEL) was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1982 and 1991. The team disbanded, but provided the basis for Lampre.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Del Tongo

Team information
UCI code	DEL
Registered	Italy
Founded	1982 (1982)
Disbanded	1991
Discipline(s)	Road
Bicycles	Colnago (1982–1988) Pinarello (1989–1991)
Team name history
1982 1983–1985 1986–1990 1991	Del Tongo Del Tongo–Colnago Del Tongo Del Tongo–MG Boys
Del Tongo (cycling team) jersey Jersey

History

The team was led primarily by two Italian sports directors: Pietro Algeri and Paolo Abetoni. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Giuseppe Saronni. They only participated once in the Tour de France, in 1987. In 1992, the team stops but a new team, MG Maglificio was formed by Algeri and Abetoni along with Belgians Roger De Vlaeminck and Patrick Lefevere.

Notable riders

• Giuseppe Saronni   Italy
• Guido Van Calster   Belgium
• Dietrich Thurau   Germany
• Rolf Gölz   Germany
• Gianbattista Baronchelli   Italy
• Franco Chioccioli   Italy
• Mario Cipollini   Italy
• Maurizio Fondriest   Italy
• Franco Ballerini   Italy
• Fabio Baldato   Italy

Major wins

Major One-Day Races

• Giro di Lombardia
  • 1982 Giuseppe Saronni   Italy
  • 1986 Gianbattista Baronchelli   Italy
• Milan–San Remo
  • 1983 Giuseppe Saronni   Italy
• Grand Prix des Amériques
  • 1990 Franco Ballerini   Italy

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

• General classification (1983) – Giuseppe Saronni   Italy
• General classification (1991) – Franco Chioccioli   Italy
  • 14 stages (3 in 1982, 3 in 1983, 1 in 1984, 1 in 1985, 1 in 1989, 2 in 1990 and 3 in 1991)

Vuelta a España

• 4 stages (2 in 1983, 2 in 1984)

Other races

• 2 stages in the Tour of Germany (2 in 1982)
• General classification Tour de Suisse (1982)
  • 3 stages in the Tour de Suisse (3 in 1982)
• General classification Tirreno–Adriatico (1982)
  • 4 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (2 in 1982, 2 in 1987)
• 1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (in 1987)
• 1 stage in the Volta a Catalunya (in 1988)

References

1. "Del Tongo 1982". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
2. "Del Tongo - Colnago 1983". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
3. "Del Tongo - Colnago 1985". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
4. "Del Tongo 1986". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
5. "Del Tongo 1990". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
6. "Del Tongo - MG Boys 1991". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.