Helvetia – Commodore
| Helvetia – Commodore | |
| Team data | |
| nationality |
 Switzerland
|
| First season | 1988 |
| Last season | 1992 |
| discipline | Street |
| Wheel manufacturer | Villiger (1989-1992) |
| staff | |
| Team manager | Paul Köchli |
| Name story | |
| Years | Surname |
| 1988 1989-1991 1992 |
Weinmann – La Suisse Helvetia – La Suisse Helvetia – Commodore |
Helvetia – Commodore was a Swiss cycling team that existed from 1988 to 1992. The team should not be confused with the Belgian cycling team Weinmann-Eddy Merckx .
history
The team was founded in 1988 by Paul Köchli . In 1988 Steve Bauer finished the Tour de Suisse in second place and in the same year he won the Grand Prix des Amériques . A year later, Gilles Delion was second behind Tony Rominger in the Lombardy Tour . 1990 the team had the most successful year, because in addition to the victories in the Tour of Lombardy and Milan-Turin , it achieved second place in La Flèche Wallonne , Liège-Bastogne-Liège , third place in Milan-Sanremo and sixth place in Amstel Gold Race . 18 victories were achieved in 1991, 14 victories in 1992. After the 1992 season, the team was disbanded.
doping
In 1992 the Swiss Guido Winterberg tested positive at the Swiss championships.
Successes - road
1988
- Grand Prix des Amériques
- Overall ranking Tour de Romandie
- a stage Tour de France
- two stages of the Tour de Suisse
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
- Tour de Picardy
- Mountain classification and a stage of Kellogg's Tour
1989
- Championship of Zurich
- one stage of Kellogg's Tour
-
Swiss championships - road races - a stage Tour de France
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- a stage Tirreno-Adriatico
- Gran Premio di Lugano
- Bern tour
- Tour du canton de Genève
- Trofeo Pantalica
1990
- Coppa Placci
- Milan-Turin
- two stages Tirreno-Adriatico
- Tre Valli Varesine
- Lombardy tour
- Tour de France junior competition
- one stage GP Tell
-
Dutch championships - road racing
1991
-
Swiss championships - road races
- Route du Sud
- three stages of the Tour de Suisse
- four stages Tour de Romandie
- two stages Tirreno-Adriatico
- two stages Tour DuPont
- a stage Criterium International
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- one stage of Kellogg's Tour
- Trofeo Laigueglia
- Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
1992
- Overall ranking and a stage tour of Galicia
-
German champion - road race - Étoile de Bessèges
- a stage Tour de France
- Bern tour
- Giro di Romagna
- Classique des Alpes
- Trofeo Matteotti
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- one stage Tour DuPont
- Baden-Baden pair time trial Dominik Krieger together with Tony Rominger
Successes - cyclocross
1988
-
World champion , Hägendorf
-
Swiss Championships - Cyclocross
1989
-
Swiss Championships - Cyclocross
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
- | - | - | - | - |
 Giro d'Italia
|
- | - | - | - | - |
 Tour de France
|
4th | 15th | 15th | 10 | 53 |
Monuments-of-cycling placements
| Monument to cycling | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan – Sanremo | 25th | 12 | 3 | 6th | 13 |
| Tour of Flanders | 18th | 10 | 7th | 47 | 46 |
| Paris – Roubaix | 7th | 44 | 20th | - | 53 |
| Liège – Bastogne – Liège | 11 | 22nd | 2 | 22nd | 14th |
| Lombardy tour | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17th | 6th |
Known former drivers
-
Steve Bauer (1988-1989) -
Jean-Claude Leclercq (1988-1992) -
Gilles Delion (1988-1992)
-
Dominik Krieger (1989–1992) -
Pascal Richard (1988-1991)
-
Mauro Gianetti (1988–1991)
-
Rolf Aldag (1990–1992)
-
Laurent Dufaux (1990-1992)
-
Gérard Rué (1991)
-
Beat Zberg (1992)
-
Heinrich Trumheller (1992)
Web links
- Weinmann – La Suisse 1988 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Helvetia – La Suisse 1989 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Helvetia – La Suisse 1990 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Helvetia – La Suisse 1991 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Helvetia – La Suisse 1992 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Helvetia – Commodore in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Helvetia – Commodore in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Helvetia – Commodore in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Helvetia – Commodore in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Helvetia – Commodore in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Second place at the Tour de Suisse 1988
- ↑ Winterberg positive. In: dopeology.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .