Fangio (cycling team)

Fangio, later known as AD Renting and Tulip Computers, was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1975 to 1992.[3]

Fangio
Greg LeMond at the 1989 Tour de France
Team information
RegisteredBelgium
Founded1979 (1979)
Disbanded1992
Discipline(s)Road
BicyclesRossin (1990)
Koga Miyata (1991–1992)
Key personnel
General managerWilfried Reybrouck (with AD Renting)
Ludo Voeten (as Tulip Computers)
Team manager(s)Guido Reybrouck 1987 [1]
José De Cauwer 1988–89 [2]
Team name history
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1986
1987
1988
1988
1989
1990
1991–1992
Fangio–Iso–Bel
Fangio–Amerlinckx–Campagnolo
Fangio–Sapeco–Mavic
Fangio–Assos–OM Trucks–Iveco
Fangio–Tönissteiner–OM Trucks–Mavic
Fangio–Marc–Ecoturbo–Mavic
Fangio–Ecoturbo–Eylenbosch
Fangio–Lois–Mavic
Fangio–ADR
AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK
AD Renting–Mini-Flat–Enerday
AD Renting–Anti-M–Bottecchia
AD Renting–W-Cup–Bottecchia
IOC–Tulip Computers
Tulip Computers
Fangio (cycling team) jersey
Fangio (cycling team) jersey
Jersey

The team competed after 1979 through to the 1986 Vuelta a España, but did not have any wins. It was succeeded by the AD Renting team.[4][5] AD Renting (All-Drie Renting), often simply called ADR, existed from 1987 to 1989.[6][7][8]

Tulip Computers existed from 1990 to 1992.[9][10] Its main sponsor was Dutch computer manufacturer Tulip Computers.[11] This team should not be confused with the Spanish cycling team sponsored by Tulip Computers in 1990.[12]

Tour de France

Despite its short history as AD Renting and lack of funds,[13] the team was very successful in the Tour de France. Eddy Planckaert won the points classification in 1988[14] to go with the victory he achieved in the highly regarded monument the Tour of Flanders earlier that year.[15] In that same spring campaign, Dirk Demol won the Paris–Roubaix after a breakaway of 222 kilometers.[16]

The biggest success however was when Greg LeMond, a new signing, won the 1989 Tour de France with the team, taking three stage victories in the process.[17]

Sponsors

Koga Miyata was the team's 1991-1992 subsponsor. The bicycle manufacterer from Heerenveen had previously sponsored IJsboerke and Capri Sonne. They also sponsored an amateur team, which would be a good development team for the professionals.[18]

Rosters
As of 1 January 1986[19][20]
Rider Date of birth
 Edwin Bafcop (BEL) (1962-12-24)24 December 1962 (aged 23)
 Luc Colijn (BEL) (1958-05-02)2 May 1958 (aged 27)
 John De Keukelaere (BEL) (1962-02-21)21 February 1962 (aged 23)
 Philippe Deleye (BEL) (1962-08-02)2 August 1962 (aged 23)
 Dirk Demol (BEL) (1959-11-04)4 November 1959 (aged 26)
 Dirk Durant (BEL) (1961-10-10)10 October 1961 (aged 24)
 Dennis Ertveldt (BEL) (1954-10-21)21 October 1954 (aged 31)
 Bruno Geuens (BEL) (1963-10-20)20 October 1963 (aged 22)
 Rigobert Matt (GER) (1963-05-10)10 May 1963 (aged 22)
 Luc Meersman (BEL) (1960-03-02)2 March 1960 (aged 25)
 Co Moritz (NED) (1950-06-06)6 June 1950 (aged 35)
Rider Date of birth
 John Mullan (NZL) (1955-08-09)9 August 1955 (aged 30)
 William Tackaert (BEL) (1956-04-09)9 April 1956 (aged 29)
 Eddy Van Hoof (BEL) (1952-01-19)19 January 1952 (aged 33)
 Filip Van Vooren (BEL) (1962-08-06)6 August 1962 (aged 23)
 Eddy Vanhaerens (BEL) (1954-02-23)23 February 1954 (aged 31)
 Gery Verlinden (BEL) (1954-05-01)1 May 1954 (aged 31)
 Patrick Verplancke (BEL) (1962-10-26)26 October 1962 (aged 23)
 Patrick Versluys (BEL) (1958-09-05)5 September 1958 (aged 27)
 Luc Wallays (BEL) (1961-08-07)7 August 1961 (aged 24)
 Christian Wauters (BEL) (1960-02-05)5 February 1960 (aged 25)

As Tulip Compters the team was led by Director Sportif José De Cauwer. It had riders like Johan van der Velde, Frank Hoste, Fons de Wolf, Olaf Jentsch, Adri van der Poel and Allan Peiper. Manager Ludo Voeten, who was also manager of artists like Peter Koelewijn, Danny de Munk and Grant & Forsyth, represented Tulip Computers as general manager of the team.[21]

Major wins
1980
Overall Tour of Ireland, Dave Cuming
1981
Omloop Schelde-Durme, Rudy Matthijs
1982
Omloop van het Zuidwesten, Alain Van Hoornweder
De Kustpijl, Kurt Dockx
1983
Le Samyn, Jacques van Meer
Omloop van het Waasland, Alain Van Hoornweder
Tour Européen Lorraine-Alsace
Stage 1a, Michel Dernies
Stage 2, Léo Wellens
Stage 8b Tour de l'Avenir, Léo Wellens
1984
Grand Prix de Denain, Yves Godimus
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen, William Tackaert
Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg, William Tackaert
1985
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, William Tackaert
Omloop van het Waasland, William Tackaert
Stage 1 Danmark Rundt, Eric Van Lancker
Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg, Philippe Van Vooren
Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, William Tackaert
Stage 1a Three Days of De Panne, William Tackaert
1986
Nokere Koerse, Luc Colijn
De Kustpijl, Patrick Versluys
Stage 5b Four Days of Dunkirk, Rigobert Matt
Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Eddy Vanhaerens
1988
Paris–Roubaix, Dirk Demol
Tour of Flanders, Eddy Planckaert
Points Classification Tour de France, Eddy Planckaert
1989
E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, Eddy Planckaert
Vuelta a España, stage 1, Marnix Lameire
Vuelta a España, stage 5, Eddy Planckaert
Overall Tour de France, Greg LeMond
Stages 5, 19 & 21, Greg LeMond
Road race, UCI Road World Championships, Greg LeMond

References
  1. "REYBROUCK Wilfried". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu.
  2. "Surviving off days and racing to Paris". Cyclingnews.com. 14 July 2010.
  3. "Accès équipes Fangio" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "Fangio - Caroche»1986". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. "41ème Vuelta a España 1986". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  6. "ADR - Fangio - IOC - MBK (1987)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. "ADR - Anti-M - Enerday jq fin juin / ADR - Mini-Flat - Enerday ac juillet (1988)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. "ADR - W-Cup - Bottecchia - Coors Light / ADR - Agrigel au Tour de France / ADR - Santini au Tour d'Italie / ADR - Paternina au Tour d'Espagne / ADR - Nico Lapage En Australie (1989)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. "IOC - Tulip Computers (1990)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  10. "Tulip Computers (1992)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  11. "A directory of pro cycling team sponsors, old and new". BikeRaceInfo. McGann Publishing. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  12. "Tulip Computers (1990)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  13. CART, JULIE (13 September 1989). "French Team to Sign LeMond for $5.7 Million" – via LA Times.
  14. "Clasificaciones oficiales". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 July 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  15. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1988 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, Arkansas: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  16. "1988 Paris-Roubaix: The day the breakaway won". 6 April 2018.
  17. Van Reeth, Daam; Larson, Daniel Joseph (2015). The Economics of Professional Road Cycling. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 67. ISBN 978-3-319-22312-4.
  18. "Koga sponsor van profploeg". Leeuwarder Courant on Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 1990-08-28.
  19. "1986 Fangio - Lois - Mavic". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  20. "Fangio - Caroche 1986". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  21. "Koelewijns manager begint met wielerploeg". Algemeen Dagblad on Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 1990-05-21.

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