RMO (cycling team)

RMO
Team data
nationality	France
First season	1986
Last season	1992
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Méral (1986–1987) Liberia (1988–1991) Gitane (1992)
staff
Team manager	Bernard Thévenet (1986–1987) Bernard Vallet (1988–1991) Bruno Roussel (1992)
Name story
Years	Surname
1986-1987 1988 1989-1992	RMO-Meral-Mavic R.MO-Liberia-Mavic R.MO

RMO was a French cycling team that existed from 1986 to 1992.

The main sponsor was a temporary employment company. The team is considered the successor to the La Redoute – Motobécane team .

The most important successes were seven stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia , the overall ratings at the Tour de Romandie in 1990 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1992, as well as victories at Paris-Roubaix in 1991 and two GP Ouest-France (1989+ 1992).

Michel Vermote 1970

history

The team was founded in 1986. Presumably the owner of the main sponsor took over the team structure of Le Redoute. In addition to Bernard Thévenet as manager, some drivers have also joined the new team. Other team leaders were Bernard Vallet (1988–1991) and Bruno Roussel (1992).

The two Germans , Hartmut Bölts and Marcel Wüst , started their professional careers in this team in 1988 and 1989 respectively.

At the 1992 Tour de France , Pascal Lino was able to wear the yellow jersey for 10 days. He lost it to Miguel Indurain , who won the tour . Lino finished the tour in 5th place overall.

In 1992 the main sponsor had to file for bankruptcy and the team was dissolved at the end of the season.

successes

1986

• two stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• a stage Tour de l'Avenir
• a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
• one stage tour of Luxembourg
• a stage Tour de Picardie
• Sint-Elooisprijs

1987

• Overall ranking and one stage Grand Prix Midi Libre
• Bordeaux – Paris
• Tour de Vendée
• a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• one stage tour of Luxembourg
• one stage of Kellogg's Tour

1988

• Bordeaux – Paris
• Overall ranking and a Paris – Bourges stage
• a stage Paris – Nice
• a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
• two stages Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• a stage of the Route d'Occitanie
• Ronde des Pyrénées Méditerranéennes

1989

• French championship - road racing
• Overall classification and one stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• Overall ranking and a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
• Overall ranking and a Tour du Limousin
• Overall ranking and a stage Tour de l'Avenir
• Overall classification and one stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• two stages and mountain classification Tour of Catalonia
• Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France
• Giro del Lazio
• Bordeaux-Caudéran
• Ronde des Pyrénées Méditerranéennes
• GP Lausanne
• a stage Tirreno-Adriatico
• a stage Criterium International
• two stages of Euskal Bizikleta
• one stage Grand Prix Midi Libre
• a stage Tour de Picardie
• a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
• a stage Tour d'Armorique

1990

• Championship of Zurich
• Mountain classification and two stages of the Tour de France
• a stage of the Giro d'Italia
• Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour de Romandie
• Overall ranking and two stages of Euskal Bizikleta
• La Poly Normande
• a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• a Paris-Nice stage
• a stage Tour d'Armorique
• one stage Grand Prix Midi Libre
• a stage Paris – Bourges
• one stage tour of Burgos
• a stage Tour de l'Avenir
• one stage tour of Catalonia

1991

• Paris-Roubaix
• three stages Tour de France
• Overall ranking and a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
• Overall ranking and one stage Grand Prix Midi Libre
• Classique des Alpes
• four stages Route du Sud
• two stages of the Route d'Occitanie
• three stage Herald Sun Tour
• two stages Madza Tour
• Tour du Haut-Var
• a stage Criterium International
• a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• one stage tour of the Mediterranean
• a stage Paris – Bourges
• one stage Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
• a stage Tour d'Armorique

1992

• Overall classification and one stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• a stage Tour de France
• Coppa Bernocchi
• La Cote Picarde
• Omloop van de Westhoek
• Tour of Luxembourg
• Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France
• four stages of the Route d'Occitanie
• three stages Madza Tour
• three stage Herald Sun Tour
• one stage Grand Prix Midi Libre
• a Paris-Nice stage
• a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
• a stage Tour de l'Avenir
• one stage Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Monuments-of-cycling placements

Monument to cycling	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Milan – Sanremo	77	79	-	23	6th	43	18th
Tour of Flanders	-	40	-	22nd	9	6th	74
Paris – Roubaix	-	44	35	26th	18th	1	25th
Liège – Bastogne – Liège	38	30th	24	43	25th	23	18th
Lombardy tour	-	-	-	21st	3	7th	-

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	35	-
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Tour de France	17th	32	23	6th	21st	4th	5

Known former drivers

• Charly Mottet (1989–1992)
• Thierry Claveyrolat (1986-1991)
• Jean-Claude Colotti (1986–1990)
• Éric Caritoux (1989-1992)
• Pascal Lino (1988-1992)
• Mauro Ribeiro (1986-1992)
• Hartmut Bölts (1988–1989)
• Marcel Wüst (1988–1992)
• Marc Madiot (1991)
• Ronan Pensec (1992)
• Richardirusesque (1991-1992)
• Patrice Esnault (1987-1989)
• Bernard Vallet (1986–1988)

Web links

• RMO in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• RMO 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Team RMO 1986 on emoire-du-cyclisme.eu on Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cycling Archives: Bernard Thevenet. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Cycling Archives: Bernard Vallet. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ Cycling Archives: Bruno Roussel. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Marc Braillon, ex-PDG de RMO devant la justice. In: liberation.fr. November 13, 1996, accessed May 25, 2020 (French).