Molteni (cycling team)
Molteni was a 1958-1976 active Italian pro - cycling team .
history
The cycling team was founded by Pietro Molteni, whose son, the former professional cyclist Ambrogio Molteni, was also involved in the management. However, the first team leader was Renato Molteni in 1958. After the former Italian road champion Giorgio Albani ended his active career at Molteni in 1959, he returned two years later as sports director. When Eddy Merckx joined the team in late 1970, he brought along his sporting director, Guillaume Driessens . The shirt sponsor was the family-owned sausage processing company based in Arcore from start to finish .
driver
The most famous drivers of the team included Rudi Altig , Peter Post , Franco Balmamion , Michele Dancelli , Gianni Motta , Marino Basso , Eddy Merckx , Herman Van Springel , Roger Swerts and Joseph Bruyère .
successes
The team won a total of 663 bike races , many of them by Eddy Merckx , Gianni Motta and Marino Basso .
The most important successes were:
- Tour de France 1971, 1972, 1974
- Giro d'Italia 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974
- Vuelta a España 1973
- Giro di Lombardia 1964, 1971, 1972
- Tour de Romandie 1966
- Tour de Suisse 1967, 1974
- Milan – Sanremo 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1971
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
- Omloop Het Volk 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975
- Around the Henninger Tower in 1971
- Grand Prix des Nations 1972, 1973
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1973
- Amstel Gold Race 1973, 1975
- Gent – Wevelgem 1973
- Paris – Brussels 1973
- Paris – Roubaix 1973
- Tour of Flanders 1975
Individual evidence
- ↑ Molteni team director passes away. In: cyclingnews.com. August 17, 2005, accessed March 7, 2019 .
- ^ Molteni 1958 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- ↑ Molteni 1961 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- ^ Molteni 1971 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- ↑ Molteni passes away . BiciRace.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
