Roland (cycling team)
Roland | |
Team data | |
nationality |
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First season | 1978 |
Last season | 1988 |
discipline | Street |
Wheel manufacturer | Ludo (1978–1981) Concorde (1982) Cicli Moser (1983) Colnago (1984–1988) |
staff | |
Team manager |
Florent Vanvaerenbergh Leo Wouters Roger Swerts |
Name story | |
Years | Surname |
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983–1985 1986 1987 1988 |
Safir-Beyers-Ludo Safir-Geuze-Saint-Louis-Ludo Safir-Ludo Safir-Ludo-Galli Safir-Marc Safir-Van de Ven Roland-Van de Ven Roland-Skala Roland |
Roland was a Belgian cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1988.
history
The team was founded in 1978 under the direction of Florent Vanvaerenbergh. In the very first year, the team was able to achieve a stage win at the Vuelta a España 1978 and a second place at Nationale Sluitingprijs and a third place at Schaal Sels Merksem . In the next few years some successes were achieved, including the two victories at Bordeaux-Paris in 1980 and 1981. In 1982 the team was able to achieve three stages as well as second place in the overall standings at the 1982 Vuelta a España . In 1984 three stages in the Vuelta a España 1984 and the Meta Volantes rating were won again. During the Tour of Flanders in 1987, Jesper Skibby , who was in the lead, fell on the Koppenberg and his bike was run over by the jury's car . The team was able to win a stage in their only participation in the Tour de France . In 1988 good results were achieved with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var and a stage win in the Tour de Suisse , but at the end of the season the team broke up.
doping
Dietrich Thurau was tested positive for prohibited stimulants after the eighth stage of the Tour de France 1987 and received a 10-minute time penalty, was banned for a month and had to pay a fine of 5,000 francs. When the positive result became known, Thurau had already canceled the Tour de France .
successes
1978
- a stage Vuelta a España
1980
- Bordeaux – Paris
- a stage Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
- two stages of the Tour de Suisse
- Cascade Cycling Classic
- Paris – Bourges
- GP Stad Zottegem
- National Sluitingprijs
1981
- Bordeaux – Paris
- a stage tour of Germany
- one stage Herald Sun Tour
1982
- Omloop van het Houtland
- Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- three stages Vuelta a España
- Primus Classic
- Omloop van de Westhoek
- Circuit de Wallonie
- two stages tour of Germany
- Grand Prix de Denain
- one stage tour of Catalonia
1983
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- Druivenkoers
- Circuit de Wallonie
- one stage tour of Valencia
1984
- National Sluitingprijs
- Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- two stages tour of Catalonia
- GP Stad Zottegem
- De Kustpijl
- three stages Vuelta a España
- a stage of Setmana Catalana
- Arrow from Brabant De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne
1985
- one stage tour of Denmark
- De Kustpijl
- a stage of Setmana Catalana
- Le Samyn
1986
- Circuit des Frontières
- Leeuwse Pijl
- one stage tour of Denmark
- two stages Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
- GP Stad Vilvoorde
1987
- Veenendaal-Veenendaal
- one stage tour of Denmark
- a stage Tour de France
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- a stage Tour de l'Oise
- two stages 4 Jours de Dunkerque
1988
- Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- GP Paul Borremans
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- two stages tour of Denmark
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 1978 | 1981 | 1982 | 1984 | 1985 | 1987 |
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2 | 13 | 74 | |||
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46 | 44 | ||||
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29 |
Monuments-of-cycling placements
Monument to cycling | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
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Milan – Sanremo | - | 13 | - | 22nd | - | 10 | 63 | 18th | - |
Tour of Flanders | 27 | 15th | 4th | 7th | 8th | 16 | 23 | 26th | - |
Paris – Roubaix | 11 | 21st | 34 | 18th | 13 | 16 | 49 | 11 | - |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège | 7th | 24 | 21st | 31 | - | 84 | 42 | 51 | - |
Lombardy tour | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Known former drivers
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Herman Van Springel (1980-1981)
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Eddy Vanhaerens (1979-1980)
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Ronny Van Holen (1979–1980)
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Patrick Cocquyt (1980)
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Jozef Lieckens (1981–1982)
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Michel Pollentier (1982–1984)
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Etienne De Wilde (1985)
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Brian Holm (1986–1988)
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Johan Capiot (1986-1987)
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Herman Frison (1983-1988)
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Dietrich Thurau (1987)
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Hennie Kuiper (1987)
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Jesper Skibby (1986–1988)
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Luc Roosen (1988)
Web links
- Safir-Beyers-Ludo 1978 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Geuze-Saint Louis-Ludo 1979 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Ludo 1980 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Galli-Ludo 1981 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Marc-Concorde 1982 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Van De Ven-Moser 1983 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Van De Ven 1984 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Safir-Van De Ven 1985 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Roland-Van De Ven 1986 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Roland scale 1987 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Roland 1988 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Safir-Beyers-Ludo 1978. In: memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved August 9, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Jesper Skibby - Flandern Rundt 1987. YouTube, August 12, 2011, accessed April 9, 2015 .
- ↑ The Koppenberg spares no one. cyclinginflanders.cc, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Jeff Connor: Wide Eyed & Legless - Inside the Tour de France . 1988, ISBN 0-671-69937-7 .
- ^ Thurau positive 3rd In: dopeology.org. Accessed August 9, 2020 (English).