Transvemij–Van Schilt, also known as Elro Snacks, was a Dutch professional
cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
that competed from 1980 to 1987.
The Elro Snacks company sponsored the team from 1980 to 1985. In 1985 Belgian sprinter
Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952) is a Belgian people, Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of anothe ...
rode for the team then known as Nikon-Van Schilt-Elro Snacks-Colnago. The team competed in one
Grand Tour: the
1987 Giro d'Italia. The team was succeeded by , which formed the following year after it folded.
Major wins
;1987
:
Schaal Sels
Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Winners Men
...
,
Frank Verleyen
:
Omloop van het Waasland,
Frank Verleyen
References
External links
Team overview of all years
Defunct cycling teams based in the Netherlands
Cycling teams based in the Netherlands
Cycling teams established in 1980
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1987
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