GB-MG Maglificio

GB-MG Maglificio (from 1995 MG Maglificio-Technogym , 1998 as Riso Scotti -MG Maglificio ) was an Italian cycling team that existed from 1992 to 1998. The sponsor GB merged with Mapei in 1995 . Therefore, the Italian fashion company MG became the main sponsor, with fitness equipment manufacturer Technogym as co-sponsor.

Team managers included Paolo Abetoni , Roger De Vlaeminck , Patrick Lefevere and Giancarlo Ferretti .

Biggest success of the team was the Tour de Suisse -Gesamtsieg of Pascal Richard and winning the UCI Road World Cup of Michele Bartoli . The team also won stages in numerous tours and celebrated victories in various classics .

Known drivers

Fabio Baldato (1992-1998) Franco Ballerini (1992-1993) Michele Bartoli (1996–1997) Paolo Bettini (1997) Gianni Bugno (1995-1996) Mario Cipollini (1992-1993) Alberto Elli (1994–1996) Rolf Järmann (1994–1996) Nicola Loda (1994-1997)

Nicola Minali (1998) Johan Museeuw (1993–1994) Wilfried Peeters (1993–1994) Davide Rebellin (1992-1995) Pascal Richard (1994-1996) Maximilian Sciandri (1994-1995) Rolf Sørensen (1994–1995) Matteo Tosatto (1997) Andrej Tschmil (1992–1993)

Greatest successes

Round trips Tour de France 1992 : 15th stage ( Franco Chioccioli ) 1993 : 16th stage ( Zenon Jaskuła ) 1995 : 1st stage (Baldato) 1996 : 21st stage (Baldato) Giro d'Italia 1992 : 5th, 8th, 17th & 21st stage (Cipollini) 1993 : 4th & 16th stage (Baldato) 1994 : 6th stage ( Marco Saligari ) Vuelta a España 1996 : 6th & 7th stage (Baldato) Tour de Suisse 1993: 1st stage (Museeuw), 6th stage (Jaskula) 1994:, 4th stage (Richard); 5th stage (Saligari); 8th stage (Museeuw) 1995: 10th stage ( Flavio Vanzella ) 1996: 1st stage (Bartoli), 5th stage (Bugno) Paris – Nice 1992: 2nd, 3rd & 5th stage (Cipollini) 1993: 2nd, 5th & 6th stage (Cipollini), 4th stage (Museeuw) 1994: 2nd & 4th (Baldato), 5th stage (Richard) 1995: 6th stage (Saligari), 7th stage (Richard) 1996: 5th stage (Bugno) Tour of Catalonia 1996: 1st stage (Saligari) Tour de Romandie 1994:, 3rd & 4th (part 2) (Richard) 1998: 2nd stage (Baldato) Tirreno-Adriatico 1995: 2nd stage (Sciandri) 1996: 3rd stage ( Fabiano Fontanelli ), 6th stage (Bartoli) 1997: 3rd stage (Bartoli)

classic Tour of Flanders 1993 (Museeuw) 1996 (Bartoli) Amstel Gold Race 1994 (Museeuw) Liège – Bastogne – Liège 1996 (Richard) 1997 (Richard) Paris-Brussels 1994 (Sørensen) 1997 ( Alessandro Bertolini ) Gent – ​​Wevelgem 1992 (Cipollini) 1993 (Cipollini) 1994 (Peeters) Cycling world cup 1997 (Bartoli)

Web links

• GB-MG Maglificio in the ProCyclingStats.com database