Malvor–Bottecchia

Malvor–Bottecchia was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1990.^[1][2][3][4]

Malvor–Bottecchia

Team information
UCI code	MAL
Registered	Italy
Founded	1978 (1978)
Disbanded	1990
Discipline(s)	Road
Bicycles	Bottecchia (1982–1986 and 1988) Colnago (1989) Bottecchia (1990)
Key personnel
General manager	Dino Zandegù
Team name history
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983–1984 1985–1986 1986 Tour de France 1987 1988 1989–1990	Mecap–Selle Italia Mecap–Hoonved Hoonved–Bottecchia Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal Hoonved–Bottecchia Malvor–Bottecchia Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi Paini–Bottecchia–Sidi Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi Malvor–Sidi

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  Italy
• Lech Piasecki  Poland
• Roberto Pagnin  Italy
• Acacio da Silva Mora  Portugal
• Daniel Gisiger  Switzerland

Major wins

Major one-day races

• Züri-Metzgete
  • 1986 Acacio da Silva Mora  Portugal
• Grand Prix des Nations
  • 1978 Daniel Gisiger  Switzerland

Grand tours

Giro d'Italia

• • 13 stages (1 in 1978, 1 in 1984, 4 in 1985, 2 in 1986, 4 in 1989 and 1 in 1990)

Vuelta a España

• 2 stages (2 in 1989)

Tour de France

• 2 stages (1 in 1982, 1 in 1986)

Other races

• General classification - Tour de Suisse (1988) - Helmut Wechselberger
  • 1 stage in the Tour de Suisse (1 in 1985)
• 4 stages in the Tour de Romandie (2 in 1978, 2 in 1985)
• General classification - Vuelta a Andalucía (1985) - Fabio Bordonali
• 2 stages (1985)