Malvor–Bottecchia Explained

Malvor–Bottecchia
Code:	MAL
Registered:	Italy
Disbanded:	1990
Discipline:	Road
Bicycles:	Bottecchia (1982–1986 and 1988) Colnago (1989) Bottecchia (1990)
Generalmanager:	Dino Zandegù
Season:	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983–1984 1985–1986 1986 Tour de France 1987 1988 1989–1990
Oldname:	Mecap–Selle Italia Mecap–Hoonved Hoonved–Bottecchia Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal Hoonved–Bottecchia Malvor–Bottecchia Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi Paini–Bottecchia–Sidi Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi Malvor–Sidi

Malvor–Bottecchia was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1990.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

The team was led primarily by Dino Zandegù. The bike team did not operate in the 1987 season. It was primarily supplied bikes by Bottecchia, with the exception being the 1989 season. It collected thirteen stage wins in its history.

Major wins

Major one-day races

• Züri-Metzgete
  • • 1986 Acacio da Silva Mora Grand Prix des Nations

Grand tours

Giro d'Italia

• • 13 stages (1 in 1978, 1 in 1984, 4 in 1985, 2 in 1986, 4 in 1989 and 1 in 1990)

Vuelta a España

• 2 stages (2 in 1989)

Tour de France

• 2 stages (1 in 1982, 1 in 1986)

Other races

• General classification - Tour de Suisse (1988) - Helmut Wechselberger
  • 1 stage in the Tour de Suisse (1 in 1985)
• 4 stages in the Tour de Romandie (2 in 1978, 2 in 1985)
• General classification - Vuelta a Andalucía (1985) - Fabio Bordonali
• 2 stages (1985)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mecap - Selle Italia (1978). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 5 March 2017.
2. Web site: Mecap - Hoonved (1979). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 5 March 2017.
3. Web site: Hoonved - Bottecchia (1980). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 5 March 2017.
4. Web site: Malvor - Sidi (1990). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 5 March 2017.