Malvor–Bottecchia was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1990.

History

The team was led primarily by

Dino Zandegù Dino Zandegù (born 31 May 1940) is a former Italian professional cyclist. He is most known for winning the Points Classification at the 1967 Giro d'Italia. He also won the Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), ...

. 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.

Notable riders

Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall, in 1981 he won 3 stages and fin ...

Lech Piasecki Lech Piasecki (born 13 November 1961) is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987. After Piasecki became Amateur world champion in 1985, the Co ...

Roberto Pagnin Roberto Pagnin (born 8 July 1962) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in one edition of the Tour de France, ten editions of the Giro d'Italia and five editions of the Vuelta a España. He also rode in the individual road r ...

* Acacio da Silva Mora *

Daniel Gisiger Daniel Gisiger (born 9 October 1954, in Baccarat) is a retired Swiss road and track cyclist. He grew up in Bienne, in RC Olympia Biel-Bienne. One of his strongest disciplines was the road time trial where he twice won the prestigious Grand Pri ...

Major wins

Major one-day races

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 unt ...

**1986 Acacio da Silva Mora *

Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...

**1978

Grand tours

Giro d'Italia

**13 stages (1 in 1978, 1 in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 4 in

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, 2 in

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

, 4 in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

and 1 in

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

)

Vuelta a España

*2 stages (2 in

)

Tour de France

*2 stages (1 in 1982, 1 in

)

Other races

*General classification -

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

(1988) -

Helmut Wechselberger Helmut Wechselberger (born 12 February 1953) is an Austrian racing cyclist. He won the 1988 Tour de Suisse. He also competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won the Austrian National Ro ...

**1 stage in the

(1 in 1985) *4 stages in the

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

(2 in 1978, 2 in 1985) *General classification -

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

(1985) - Fabio Bordonali *2 stages (1985)

References

Defunct cycling teams based in Italy Cycling teams based in Italy 1978 establishments in Italy 1990 disestablishments in Italy Cycling teams established in 1978 Cycling teams disestablished in 1990 {{italy-sport-team-stub