Malvor–Bottecchia was an Italian professional

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that was active between 1978 and 1990.

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.

Notable riders

* Giuseppe Saronni * Lech Piasecki * Roberto Pagnin * Acacio da Silva Mora * Daniel Gisiger

Major wins

Major one-day races

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**1986 Acacio da Silva Mora * Grand Prix des Nations **1978 Daniel Gisiger

Grand tours

Giro d'Italia

**13 stages (1 in

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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 ...

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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 n ...

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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 en ...

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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Vuelta a España

*2 stages (2 in

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Tour de France

*2 stages (1 in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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Other races

*General classification -

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(1988) - Helmut Wechselberger **1 stage in the

(1 in 1985) *4 stages in the

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

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

References

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