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
Registered	Belgium
Founded	1979 (1979)
Disbanded	1992
Discipline(s)	Road
Bicycles	Rossin (1990) Koga Miyata (1991–1992)
Key personnel
General manager	Wilfried 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 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]

The Tulip Computers jersey

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 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 manufacturer from Heerenveen had previously sponsored IJsboerke and Capri Sonne. It 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 Jentzsch, 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