Team information | |
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Registered | Belgium |
Founded | 1945 |
Disbanded | 1969 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Bicycles | Groene Leeuw (1945ā1967) Novy (1968ā1969) |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Arthur Decabooter (1968ā1969) |
Team name history | |
1945ā1953 1954 1955ā1957 1958 1959ā1960 1961 1962ā1965 1966 1967 1967 1968ā1969 | Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāHuret Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāLeopold Groene LeeuwāSinalcoāSAS Groene LeeuwāSASāSinalco Wiel'sāGroene Leeuw Wiel'sāGancia-Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāTibetanāPull Over Centrale TibetanāPull Over Centrale Pull Over CentraleāNovy |
Groene Leeuw (English: Green Lion) was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1945 to 1969. [1] [2] [3] Its main sponsor was Belgian bicycle manufacturer Groene Leeuw. Among the various co-sponsors was the Belgian beer Wiel's. [4] In the 1960 Vuelta a EspaƱa, the team finished with the top two placings in the general classification of the 1960 Vuelta a EspaƱa, with Frans De Mulder first and Armand Desmet second.
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Team information | |
---|---|
Registered | Belgium |
Founded | 1945 |
Disbanded | 1969 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Bicycles | Groene Leeuw (1945ā1967) Novy (1968ā1969) |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Arthur Decabooter (1968ā1969) |
Team name history | |
1945ā1953 1954 1955ā1957 1958 1959ā1960 1961 1962ā1965 1966 1967 1967 1968ā1969 | Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāHuret Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāLeopold Groene LeeuwāSinalcoāSAS Groene LeeuwāSASāSinalco Wiel'sāGroene Leeuw Wiel'sāGancia-Groene Leeuw Groene LeeuwāTibetanāPull Over Centrale TibetanāPull Over Centrale Pull Over CentraleāNovy |
Groene Leeuw (English: Green Lion) was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1945 to 1969. [1] [2] [3] Its main sponsor was Belgian bicycle manufacturer Groene Leeuw. Among the various co-sponsors was the Belgian beer Wiel's. [4] In the 1960 Vuelta a EspaƱa, the team finished with the top two placings in the general classification of the 1960 Vuelta a EspaƱa, with Frans De Mulder first and Armand Desmet second.
Media related to Groene Leeuw (cycling team) at Wikimedia Commons