Team information | |
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Registered | Belgium |
Founded | 1974 |
Disbanded | 1976 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Jean de Gribaldy |
Team name history | |
1974 1 January – 31 May 1975 1 June – 31 December 1975 1976 | MIC–Ludo–de Gribaldy Alsaver–Jeunet–de Gribaldy Miko–de Gribaldy Miko–de Gribaldy–Superia |
Miko–de Gribaldy was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1974 to 1976. [1] [2] [3] [4] The directeur sportif was former professional rider Jean de Gribaldy, who gave his name to the team. For the final year and a half of its history, its main sponsor was French ice cream manufacturer Miko, whose part-owner, Louis Ortiz, was a friend of de Gribaldy. [5] Its most notable victory was the 1974 Liège–Bastogne–Liège with Georges Pintens. [6]