Brooklyn (cycling team)

Brooklyn was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1970 to 1977.[1][2] It was a mainly a one-day classics team and featured riders such as Roger De Vlaeminck, who won Paris–Roubaix four times. For the first three seasons it was sponsored by the Italian beer Dreher, and then for the following seasons by Italy's Brooklyn Chewing Gum.[3]

Brooklyn
The Brooklyn team of 1975
Team information
RegisteredItaly
Founded1970 (1970)
Disbanded1977
Discipline(s)Road
Team name history
1970–1972
1973–1977
Dreher
Brooklyn

The documentary film A Sunday in Hell features the team during the 1976 Paris–Roubaix.

References

  1. "Dreher (1970)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. "Brooklin (1977)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. Hays, Elizabeth (27 July 2005). "Brooklyn gum's here - from Italy". New York Daily News. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

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