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Del Tongo (cycling team)

Field	Value
name	Del Tongo
code	DEL
registered	Italy
founded
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

Pinarello (1989–1991) 1983–1985 1986–1990 1991 Del Tongo–Colnago Del Tongo Del Tongo–MG Boys

Del Tongo () was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1982 and 1991. The team disbanded, but provided the basis for Lampre.

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
Franco Chioccioli 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
General classification (1991) – Franco Chioccioli 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 Volta a Catalunya (in 1988)

References

"Del Tongo 1982". Cyclingarchives.com.
"Del Tongo - Colnago 1983". Cyclingarchives.com.
"Del Tongo - Colnago 1985". Cyclingarchives.com.
"Del Tongo 1986". Cyclingarchives.com.
"Del Tongo 1990". Cyclingarchives.com.
"Del Tongo - MG Boys 1991". Cyclingarchives.com.

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