Automoto (cycling team) explained

Automoto
Disbanded:1952
Discipline:Road
Bicycles:Automoto
Season:1910
1911
1912
1913–1914
1920
1922
1923
1924
1925–1926
1927–1929
1934
1949–1951
1952
Oldname:Automoto
Automoto–Persan
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Automoto–Continental
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Automoto–Wolber–Russell Cycles
Automoto–Hutchinson
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Automoto–Hutchinson
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Automoto–Hutchinson
Automoto–Dunlop
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Automoto was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1910 to 1952.[1] Its main sponsor was French bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer Automoto.[2] The Automoto cycling team rose to its fullest prominence in the peloton after World War One. Its riders dominated professional cycling's premier event, the Tour de France, from 1923-1926 with a series of convincing victories captained by riders with international appeal like Henri Pellisier (France), Ottavio Bottecchia (Italy) and Lucien Buysse (Belgium).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Accès équipes Automoto. French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 3 February 2017.
  2. Web site: A directory of pro cycling team sponsors, old and new. 6 March 2017. BikeRaceInfo. McGann Publishing.
  3. Web site: Cycles Automoto: Setting the Standard. English. Ebykr. 11 February 2018.