Del Tongo (cycling team)

Del Tongo

Team information
UCI code	DEL
Registered	Italy
Founded	1982 (1982)
Disbanded	1991
Discipline	Road
Bicycles	Colnago (1982–1988) Pinarello (1989–1991)
Team name history
1982 1983–1985 1986–1990 1991	Del Tongo Del Tongo–Colnago Del Tongo Del Tongo–MG Boys
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Del Tongo (UCI team code: DEL) was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1982 and 1991. The team disbanded, but provided the basis for Lampre.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

History

The team was led primarily by two Italian sports directors: Pietro Algeri and Paolo Abetoni. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Giuseppe Saronni. They only participated once in the Tour de France, in 1987. In 1992, the team stops but a new team, MG Maglificio was formed by Algeri and Abetoni along with Belgians Roger de Vlaeminck and Patrick Lefevere.

Notable riders

• Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
• Guido Van Calster  Belgium
• Dietrich Thurau  Germany
• Rolf Gölz  Germany
• Gianbattista Baronchelli  Italy
• Mario Cipollini  Italy
• Maurizio Fondriest  Italy
• Franco Ballerini  Italy
• Fabio Baldato  Italy

Major wins

Major One-Day Races

• Giro di Lombardia
  • 1982 Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
  • 1986 Gianbattista Baronchelli  Italy
• Milan–San Remo
  • 1983 Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
• Grand Prix des Amériques
  • 1990 Franco Ballerini  Italy

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

• General Classification (1983) - Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
  • 14 stages (3 in 1982, 3 in 1983, 1 in 1984, 1 in 1985, 1 in 1989, 2 in 1990 and 3 in 1991)

Vuelta a España

• 4 stages (2 in 1983, 2 in 1984)

Other races

• 2 stages in the Tour of Germany (2 in 1982)
• General Classification Tour de Suisse (1982)
  • 3 stages in the Tour de Suisse (3 in 1982)
• General Classification Tirreno–Adriatico (1982)
  • 4 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (2 in 1982, 2 in 1987)
• 1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (in 1987)
• 1 stage in the Tour de Catalogne (in 1988)

References