TI-Raleigh

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TI-Raleigh

Team information

Based

Netherlands

Founded

1974

Disbanded

1983

Discipline

Road, Track

Key personnel

General manager

Peter Post

Jersey

TI-Raleigh was a Dutch professional road bicycle racing team between 1974 and 1983. The team was created and led by Peter Post.

The team was successful in classics and in stage races. Riders included Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Raas, Gerrie Knetemann, Hennie Kuiper, Dave Lloyd, Urs Freuler, Henk Lubberding, Rene Pijnen, Johan van der Velde and Dietrich Thurau. The team was known for discipline; team time trials were a speciality. The frame-building was overseen by Jan le Grand at Raleigh's SBDU Ilkeston facility.

Sponsorship

The team was sponsored by British cycling manufacturer Raleigh and Raleigh's holding company Tube Investments (TI).

The end of the TI-Raleigh team

At the end of the 1983 season, the TI-Raleigh team split up because of tension between former world champion Jan Raas and team leader Peter Post,^[1] with seven cyclists following Post to the new Panasonic team and six cyclists joining Raas on the Kwantum team.^[2]

Riders

Major achievements

1974: World Champion, Individual Pursuit, Roy Schuiten; Grand Prix des Nations , Roy Schuiten
1975: Rund um den Henninger-Turm , Roy Schuiten; World Champion, Individual Pursuit, Roy Schuiten; Grand Prix des Nations, Roy Schuiten
1976: Tour de Suisse, Hennie Kuiper; Tour de France: 4 stages (Hennie Kuiper, Gerben Karstens (2), Team time trial), 11th General classification (Hennie Kuiper)
1977: Four Days of Dunkirk, Gerrie Knetemann; Rund um den Henninger-Turm, Gerrie Knetemann; Tour de France: 8 stages (Dietrich Thurau (5), Gerrie Knetemann (2), Hennie Kuiper), General classification: 2nd (Hennie Kuiper), 5th (Dietrich Thurau) and 12th (Bert Pronk); 1st young rider classification (Dietrich Thurau), 1st team classification
1978: Amstel Gold Race, Jan Raas; Paris–Nice, Gerrie Knetemann; Paris–Brussels, Jan Raas; Paris–Tours, Jan Raas; Tour de Romandie, Johan van der Velde; Tour de Suisse, Paul Wellens; World Champion, Elite road, Gerrie Knetemann; Tour de France: 10 stages (Jan Raas (3), Gerrie Knetemann (2), Paul Wellens, Klaus-Peter Thaler, Hennie Kuiper, Henk Lubberding, team time trial); 7 yellow jerseys (Jan Raas (3), Gerrie Knetemann (2), Klaus-Peter Thaler (2)), General classification: 6th (Paul Wellens) and 8th (Henk Lubberding); 1st (Henk Lubberding) young rider classification
1979: Amstel Gold Race, Jan Raas; Tour of Flanders , Jan Raas; Tour de Suisse, Wilfried Wesemael; World Champion, Elite Road, Jan Raas; World Champion, Elite individual pursuit, Bert Oosterbosch; Tour de France: 6 stages (Gerrie Knetemann (2), team time trial (2), Jan Raas, Leo van Vliet); 1 yellow jersey (Gerrie Knetemann), General classifocation: 8th (Paul Wellens)
1980: Tour de France, Joop Zoetemelk; Amstel Gold Race, Jan Raas; Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré , Johan van der Velde; Tour de Luxembourg, Bert Oosterbosch; Gent–Wevelgem, Henk Lubberding; Tour of Belgium, Gerrie Knetemann; Tour de France: 11 stages (Jan Raas (3), Joop Zoetemelk (2), 2 x team time trial, Gerrie Knetemann, Bert Oosterbosch, Henk Lubberding, Cees Priem); 11 yellow jerseys (Joop Zoetemelk (10), Gerrie Knetemann); General classification: 1st (Joop Zoetemelk), 10th (Henk Lubberding), 12th (Johan van der Velde); 1st (Johan van der Velde) young rider classification
1981: Omloop Het Volk , Jan Raas; Gent–Wevelgem, Jan Raas; Paris–Tours, Jan Raas; Tour of Belgium, Ad Wijnands; Tour de France: 7 stages (team time trial (2), Ad Wijnands (2), Johan van der Velde (2), Urs Freuler); 4 yellow jerseys (Gerrie Knetemann), General classification: 4th (Joop Zoetemelk) and 12th (Johan van der Velde)
1982: Amstel Gold Race, Jan Raas; Paris–Roubaix, Jan Raas; Gent–Wevelgem, Frank Hoste; Four Days of Dunkirk, Frank Hoste; Paris–Brussels, Jacques Hanegraaf; Rund um den Henninger-Turm, Ludo Peeters; Tour de France: 6 stages (Gerrie Knetemann (2), Jan Raas, Frank Hoste, Ludo Peeters, team time trial); 1 yellow jersey (Ludo Peeters); General classification: 3rd (Johan van der Velde)
1983: Tour of Flanders , Jan Raas; Gent–Wevelgem, Leo van Vliet; Four Days of Dunkirk, Leo van Vliet; Rund um den Henninger-Turm, Ludo Peeters; Paris–Tours, Ludo Peeters; Championship of Zurich, Johan van der Velde; Tour de France: 4 stages (Bert Oosterbosch (2), Peter Winnen, Henk Lubberding), General classification: 3rd (Peter Winnen) and 10th (Henk Lubberding); 1st team classification

References

↑ Holthausen, Joop (2005). Het geheim van Raleigh. Amsterdam: Arbeiderspers. ISBN 90-809676-3-7.
↑ "New teams of the TI-Raleigh cyclists" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-03-20.

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