Fiat France (cycling team)

Fiat France
Team information
RegisteredBelgium
Founded1977 (1977)
Disbanded1977
DisciplineRoad
BicyclesEddy Merckx Cycles
Key personnel
General manager
Raphaël Géminiani
Robert Lelangue
Team name history
1977
Fiat France

Fiat France was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed in 1977. It was the successor to the Molteni team and the predecessor to the C&A team. It was sponsored by Fiat Automobiles.

Team roster

The following is a list of riders on the Fiat France squad during the 1977 season, with age given for 1 January 1977.

Rider Date of birth
 Cees Bal (NED) (1951-11-21)21 November 1951 (aged 25)
 Robert Bouloux (FRA) (1947-05-20)20 May 1947 (aged 29)
 Joseph Bruyère (BEL) (1948-10-05)5 October 1948 (aged 28)
 Étienne De Beule (BEL) (1953-11-20)20 November 1953 (aged 23)
 Ludo Delcroix (BEL) (1950-10-28)28 October 1950 (aged 26)
 Jos Deschoenmaecker (BEL) (1947-10-02)2 October 1947 (aged 29)
 Bernard Draux (BEL) (1951-05-11)11 May 1951 (aged 25)
 Jean-Jacques Fussien (BEL) (1952-01-21)21 January 1952 (aged 24)
 Jos Huysmans (BEL) (1941-12-18)18 December 1941 (aged 35)
Rider Date of birth
 Edward Janssens (BEL) (1946-01-18)18 January 1946 (aged 30)
 Jacques Martin (BEL) (1952-04-16)16 April 1952 (aged 24)
 Eddy Merckx (BEL) (1945-06-17)17 June 1945 (aged 31)
 Frans Mintjens (BEL) (1946-11-23)23 November 1946 (aged 30)
 Jean-Luc Bernard Molinéris (FRA) (1950-08-25)25 August 1950 (aged 26)
 Karel Rottiers (BEL) (1953-04-07)7 April 1953 (aged 23)
 Patrick Sercu (BEL) (1944-06-27)27 June 1944 (aged 32)
 Roger Swerts (BEL) (1942-12-28)28 December 1942 (aged 34)

References

  1. 1 2 "Fiat France (1977)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 13 February 2017.