Del Tongo (cycling team) explained

Del Tongo
Code:	DEL
Registered:	Italy
Disbanded:	1991
Discipline:	Road
Bicycles:	Colnago (1982–1988) Pinarello (1989–1991)
Season:	1982 1983–1985 1986–1990 1991
Oldname:	Del Tongo Del Tongo–Colnago Del Tongo Del Tongo–MG Boys
Kitimage:	Deltongo maillot.svg

Del Tongo 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.

Major wins

Major One-Day Races

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

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

• • • • General classification (1983) – Giuseppe Saronni General classification (1991) – Franco Chioccioli 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 Volta a Catalunya (in 1988)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Del Tongo 1982 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.
2. Web site: Del Tongo - Colnago 1983 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.
3. Web site: Del Tongo - Colnago 1985 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.
4. Web site: Del Tongo 1986 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.
5. Web site: Del Tongo 1990 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.
6. Web site: Del Tongo - MG Boys 1991 . Cyclingarchives.com . 2012-07-09.