{{Infobox cycling team | name = Del Tongo | image = | caption = | code = DEL | registered = Italy | founded = {{start date|1982}} | disbanded = 1991 | discipline = Road | status = | bicycles = Colnago (1982–1988)<br>Pinarello (1989–1991) | generalmanager = | teammanager = | season = 1982<br>1983–1985<br>1986–1990<br>1991 | oldname = Del Tongo<br>Del Tongo–Colnago<br>Del Tongo<br>Del Tongo–MG Boys | kitimage = Deltongo maillot.svg }}
'''Del Tongo''' ({{UCI code|DEL}}) was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1982 and 1991. The team disbanded, but provided the basis for Lampre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6003 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728123545/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6003 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=Del Tongo 1982 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6205 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730074710/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6205 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Del Tongo - Colnago 1983 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6677 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120043613/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6677 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |title=Del Tongo - Colnago 1985 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6938 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724010805/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=6938 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |title=Del Tongo 1986 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8056 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724050601/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8056 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |title=Del Tongo 1990 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8293 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730184842/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8293 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Del Tongo - MG Boys 1991 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref>
==History==
The team was led primarily by two Italian sports directors: Pietro Algeri and Paolo Abetoni. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Giuseppe Saronni. They only participated once in the Tour de France, in 1987. In 1992, the team stops but a new team, MG Maglificio was formed by Algeri and Abetoni along with Belgians Roger De Vlaeminck and Patrick Lefevere.
==Notable riders==
* Giuseppe Saronni {{flagu|Italy}} * Guido Van Calster {{flagu|Belgium}} * Dietrich Thurau {{flagu|Germany}} * Rolf Gölz {{flagu|Germany}} * Gianbattista Baronchelli {{flagu|Italy}} * Franco Chioccioli {{flagu|Italy}} * Mario Cipollini {{flagu|Italy}} * Maurizio Fondriest {{flagu|Italy}} * Franco Ballerini {{flagu|Italy}} * Fabio Baldato {{flagu|Italy}}
==Major wins==
===Major One-Day Races=== *Giro di Lombardia **'''1982''' Giuseppe Saronni {{flagu|Italy}} **'''1986''' Gianbattista Baronchelli {{flagu|Italy}} *Milan–San Remo **'''1983''' Giuseppe Saronni {{flagu|Italy}} *Grand Prix des Amériques **'''1990''' Franco Ballerini {{flagu|Italy}}
===Grand Tours===
====Giro d'Italia==== *General classification (1983) – Giuseppe Saronni {{flagu|Italy}} *General classification (1991) – Franco Chioccioli {{flagu|Italy}} **14 stages (3 in '''1982''', 3 in '''1983''', 1 in '''1984''', 1 in '''1985''', 1 in '''1989''', 2 in '''1990''' and 3 in '''1991''')
====Vuelta a España==== *4 stages (2 in '''1983''', 2 in '''1984''')
===Other races===
*2 stages in the Tour of Germany (2 in '''1982''') *General classification Tour de Suisse ('''1982''') **3 stages in the Tour de Suisse (3 in '''1982''') *General classification Tirreno–Adriatico ('''1982''') **4 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (2 in '''1982''', 2 in '''1987''') *1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (in '''1987''') *1 stage in the Volta a Catalunya (in '''1988''')
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
Category:Defunct cycling teams based in Italy Category:Cycling teams established in 1982 Category:Cycling teams disestablished in 1991 Category:Cycling teams based in Italy Category:1982 establishments in Italy