In the late seventies and early eighties, the team signed many Anglophone riders. In 1982 Shell became the second sponsor, and until its finish the team was Peugeot-Shell-Michelin. The last time the team would win the Tour de France would be with Bernard Thévenet, in 1977. Maurice De Muer became directeur sportif with the team in 1975, and directed Bernard Thévenet to beat Eddy Merckx, in the 1975 Tour de France. The name of the team changed in 1965 to Peugeot-BP Michelin, which it stayed until 1976, when Esso took the place of the second sponsor. The team won the Vuelta a España again, with Ferdinand Bracke in 1971. He would win the 1969 Vuelta a España for the team. In 1967, the Tour de France was disputed by national teams, and one of Peugeot's riders, Roger Pingeon won the race. During this time the team achieved many successes, such as Tom Simpson winning Bordeaux–Paris in 1963, Milan–San Remo in 1964, and then in 1965 becoming world champion and winning the Giro di Lombardia.Įddy Merckx riding for Peugeot–BP–Michelin at the 1967 Giro d'ItaliaĮddy Merckx rode his first two seasons with the team, and won Milan–San Remo twice, Gent–Wevelgem, La Flèche Wallonne, a stage in the 1967 Giro d'Italia, and the world championships road race with the team, in 1966. In 1963 Team Peugeot adopted the black and white checkerboard design, that would be on their white jersey until the team retired from the sport in 1986. He would direct big names to success, such as Charly Gaul, Pino Cerami, Ferdinand Bracke, Walter Godefroot, Tom Simpson, Jean-Pierre Danguillaume, and the early career of Eddy Merckx. In 1958, Gaston Plaud became the directeur sportif of Peugeot- BP, where he would stay until the mid seventies. įrom 1948 to 1959 there was a Belgian cycling team which was also sponsored by Peugeot, called Elvé-Peugeot. Yves Petit-Breton (son of the two time Tour de France winner Lucien Petit-Breton) would be a directeur sportif of the team in 1956. During this time the team was known as the Peugeot team, or sometimes the name of a co-sponsor was added, which occasionally was Wolber, Alcyon, Dunlop, Tedeschi, Bianchi-Pirelli.įrom 1936 until 1955 the team was the Peugeot-Dunlop team. The objective of forming such a consortium was to keep the sport alive in the poor post-war economic situation.Īfter three years of the La Sportive consortium, Peugeot re-established its separate cycling team, and with Belgian Firmin Lambot won the 1922 Tour de France. The team would obtain two further victories in the Tour de France with Belgian Philippe Thys before the outbreak of the First World War.ĭirectly after the war, Peugeot cycles was one of the companies that made a consortium that pooled their resources into a collective cycling team called La Sportive. The Peugeot team finished second overall in the 1912 Giro d'Italia. Hippolyte Aucouturier rode Peugeot cycles when he won Paris–Roubaix and Bordeaux–Paris in 1903, and when he was disqualified from the 1904 Tour de France in which he had finished fourth overall, for the illegal use of trains and cars.īut the Peugeot team obtained success for the following four years in the Tour de France with Louis Trousselier, René Pottier and Lucien Petit-Breton. Peugeot cycles started producing bicycles in 1882, and from then on it was involved in sponsoring cyclists.Īt the beginning of the century a Peugeot cycling team existed. It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon. Partly because of this abandonment Z-team ceased to exist in 1992.Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes. When Legeay made the switch to the Gan cycling team in 1992, he took many of Z's riders with him (including Greg LeMond). Roger Legeay was the sports director of the team. In 1990 LeMond won the Tour de France for Z as well. The best known rider for Z-Peugeot was the American Greg LeMond. Z is a continuation of the former Peugeot team and goes back in fact to 1901. Co-sponsor at the time was Cycles Peugeot, hence the name Z-Peugeot. Z, a brand for children's clothing and children's clothing stores, was the main sponsor of this cycling team. Replica cycling jacket with a historic look and modern comfort.Įquipe Cycliste Z is a former French cycling team that was active in the peloton from 1987 to 1992. This comfortable cycling jacket (fleece) is a replica of the shirt of the French professional cycling team Z-Peugeot from the years 1990-1991. Order this beautiful replica cycling jacket (fleece) from Z-Peugeot for a nice price. Retro Cycling Winterjacket (fleece) Z-Peugeot - Multicoloured
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