Del Tongo (cycling team)

Del Tongo was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1982 and 1991. The team disbanded, but provided the basis for Lampre.

History
The team was led primarily by two Italian sports directors: Pietro Algeri and Paolo Abetoni. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Giuseppe Saronni. They only participated once in the Tour de France, in 1987. In 1992, the team stops but a new team, MG Maglificio was formed by Algeri and Abetoni along with Belgians Roger De Vlaeminck and Patrick Lefevere.

Notable riders

 * Giuseppe Saronni
 * Guido Van Calster
 * Dietrich Thurau
 * Rolf Gölz
 * Gianbattista Baronchelli
 * Franco Chioccioli
 * Mario Cipollini
 * Maurizio Fondriest
 * Franco Ballerini
 * Fabio Baldato

Major One-Day Races

 * Giro di Lombardia
 * 1982 Giuseppe Saronni
 * 1986 Gianbattista Baronchelli
 * Milan–San Remo
 * 1983 Giuseppe Saronni
 * Grand Prix des Amériques
 * 1990 Franco Ballerini

Giro d'Italia

 * General classification (1983) – Giuseppe Saronni
 * General classification (1991) – Franco Chioccioli
 * 14 stages (3 in 1982, 3 in 1983, 1 in 1984, 1 in 1985, 1 in 1989, 2 in 1990 and 3 in 1991)

Vuelta a España

 * 4 stages (2 in 1983, 2 in 1984)

Other races

 * 2 stages in the Tour of Germany (2 in 1982)
 * General classification Tour de Suisse (1982)
 * 3 stages in the Tour de Suisse (3 in 1982)
 * General classification Tirreno–Adriatico (1982)
 * 4 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (2 in 1982, 2 in 1987)
 * 1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (in 1987)
 * 1 stage in the Volta a Catalunya (in 1988)