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Belgian professional cycling team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crelan–Euphony[1] (UCI team code: CRE) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Belgium that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Gérard Bulens, with assistance from directeur sportifs Jef De Bilde, Claude Criquielion, Marco Saligari and Claude Van Collie.
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Team information | ||
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UCI code | CRE | |
Registered | Belgium | |
Founded | 1992 | |
Disbanded | 2013 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI Professional Continental | |
Bicycles | Colnago | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Gérard Bulens | |
Team name history | ||
1992 1993 1994 1995–1996 1997–2000 2001–2006 2007–2008 2009 2010–2011 2012 2013 | Saxon (SAX) Saxon–Breitex (SAX) Saxon–Selle Italia (SAX) Tönissteiner–Saxon (TON) Tönissteiner–Colnago (TON) Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (LAN) Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner (LAN) Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (LAN) Landbouwkrediet (LAN) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (LAN) Crelan–Euphony (CRE) | |
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Despite the fact that it was never a top team, they had a 3rd place in the GC of the 2003 Giro d'Italia, thanks to later Discovery Channel and Astana rider Yaroslav Popovych.
The team was sponsored by the Belgian companies Crelan, a bank, and Euphony, a telecommunications company.[2]
The team folded at the end of the 2013 season, for financial reasons.[3]
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