Brooklyn (cycling team) explained

Brooklyn
Registered:Italy
Disbanded:1977
Discipline:Road
Season:1970–1972
1973–1977
Oldname:Dreher
Brooklyn
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Brooklyn was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1970 to 1977.[1] [2] It was a mainly a one-day classics team and featured riders such as Roger De Vlaeminck, who won Paris–Roubaix four times. For the first three seasons it was sponsored by the Italian beer Dreher, and then for the following seasons by Italy's Brooklyn Chewing Gum.[3]

The documentary film A Sunday in Hell features the team during the 1976 Paris–Roubaix.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dreher (1970). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 1 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Brooklin (1977). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 1 February 2017.
  3. News: Hays. Elizabeth. Brooklyn gum's here - from Italy. 1 February 2017. New York Daily News. 27 July 2005.