Molteni (cycling team)

This article is about the Italian road bicycle racing team. For the surname, see Molteni (surname).
Molteni
The Molteni team of 1970
Team information
RegisteredItaly
Founded1958
Disbanded1976
Discipline(s)Road
Team name history
1958–1974
1975
1976
Molteni
Molteni–RYC
Molteni–Campagnolo

Molteni was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team from 1958 until the end of 1976. It won 663 races, many of them earned by its most famous rider, Eddy Merckx. Other riders included Gianni Motta and Marino Basso, who contributed 48 and 34 wins respectively.[1] The Molteni family continues in cycling with sponsorship of Salmilano.

The sponsors Molteni were Italian salami manufacturers based in Arcore, near Milan.[2]

  1. ^ "Molteni passes away". BiciRace.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  2. ^ John Foot (10 May 2012). Pedalare! Pedalare! : a history of Italian cycling. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4088-2219-7.