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Gis Gelati

1980 jersey
Team information
UCI code	GIS
Registered	Italy
Founded	1978 (1978)
Disbanded	1991
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Retired
Bicycles	Pinarello (1978) Benotto (1979) Colnago (1980–1981) Olmo (1982) Moser (1983–1985) Rossin (1986) Basso (1987–1988) Benotto (1990–1991)
Team name history
1978-1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–1986 1987 1988 1990 1991	Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Campagnolo Gis Gelati–Olmo Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Jollyscarpe Gis–Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe Gis Gelati–Benotto Gis Gelati–Ballan

Gis Gelati was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1991, with headquarters in Giulianova, Abruzzo.

History

The first team manager was Piero Pieroni, who stayed for three years and then returned for another season in 1984. In 1978, the team's first season, they won two events with Marino Basso. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Francesco Moser. The team was very successful in the Giro d'Italia, they won many Points classifications, a General classification, and 23 stages. The team won a few classics due to the help of Roger De Vlaeminck and Francesco Moser. The team folded in 1991.

Notable riders

• Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
• Roger De Vlaeminck  Belgium
• Francesco Moser  Italy
• Johan van der Velde  Netherlands
• Adriano Baffi  Italy
• Dave Akam  United Kingdom

Major wins

Major one-day races

• Milan–San Remo
  • 1979 Roger De Vlaeminck  Belgium
  • 1984 Francesco Moser  Italy
• Omloop Het Volk
  • 1979 Roger De Vlaeminck  Belgium

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

• General classification:
  • 1984 Francesco Moser  Italy
• Points classification:
  • 1980 - Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
  • 1981 - Giuseppe Saronni  Italy
  • 1987 - Johan van der Velde  Netherlands
  • 1988 - Johan van der Velde  Netherlands
• Young rider classification:
  • 1986 - Marco Giovannetti  Italy
  • 23 stages (3 in 1979, 7 in 1980, 3 in 1981, 1 in 1983, 4 in 1984, 3 in 1985, 2 in 1987, and 1 in 1991)

Vuelta a España

• 4 stages (4 in 1984)

Other races

• 2 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (in 1988)
• 1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (2 in 1981)

References

1. "Gis Gelati 1978". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
2. "Gis Gelati 1979". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
3. "Gis Gelati 1980". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
4. "Gis Gelati–Campagnolo 1981". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
5. "Gis Gelati–Olmo 1982". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
6. "Gis Gelati 1983". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
7. "Gis–Tuc Lu 1984". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
8. "Gis Gelati 1985". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
9. "Gis Gelati 1986". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
10. "Gis Gelati–Jollyscarpe 1987". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
11. "GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly 1988". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
12. "Gis Gelati–Benotto 1990". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
13. "Gis Gelati–Ballan 1991". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

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