Delko

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{short description|French cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Delko | image = [[File:Delko–Marseille Provence KTM logo.png|200px]] | code = DKO | registered = [[France]] (1974–2010; 2012–2021) [[Latvia]] (2011) | founded = {{start date|1974}} | disbanded = 2021 | bicycles = [[Look (company)|Look]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-delko-marseille-provence-partner-with-look-for-2019/|first=Josh|last=Evans|title=Team Delko-Marseille Provence partner with Look for 2019|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=30 November 2018|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref> | website = http://team.delko.fr/ | generalmanager = | teammanager = | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | status = National (1974–2010) [[UCI Continental]] (2011–2015) [[UCI Professional Continental]] (2016–2019) UCI ProTeam (2020–2021) | season = 1974–1999 2000–2011 2012–2014 2015 2016–2018 2019 2020 2021 | oldname = VC La Pomme VC La Pomme Marseille La Pomme Marseille<ref name=lpmteam>{{cite web|url=http://www.teamlapomme.com/team.php |title=Team |website=Team La Pomme Marseille 13 |access-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227004427/http://www.teamlapomme.com/team.php |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref> Marseille 13–KTM Delko–Marseille Provence KTM Delko–Marseille Provence Nippo–Delko–One Provence Delko | kitimage = Delko–Marseille Provence KTM jersey.png | current = }} '''Delko''' ({{UCI code|DKO}}) was a French [[UCI ProSeries|UCI ProTeam]] that was founded in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingfever.com/team.html?team_idd=ODUyMw== |title=LA POMME MARSEILLE – 2012 – LPM Team Information – By |publisher=CyclingFever.com |access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref> They became a Continental team in 2011 allowing them to ride [[UCI Europe Tour]] races.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hedwig Kröner |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/la-pomme-marseille-turns-continental |title=La Pomme Marseille Turns Continental |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=24 December 2010 |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> After financial difficulties, the team's operations were brought to a halt shortly before the end of the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mabyle |first1=Nicolas |title=L’équipe Delko arrête avec effet immédiat |url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/91981/l-equipe-delko-arrete-avec-effet-immediat |website=directvelo.com |publisher=Direct Velo |access-date=11 October 2021 |language=French}}</ref>

[[File:Dunkerque - Quatre jours de Dunkerque, étape 1, 6 mai 2015, départ (B018).JPG|thumb|The team in 2015]]

==Doping== In April 2018, news broke that [[Rémy Di Gregorio]] had failed an in-competition doping test for [[darbepoetin]] (EPO) during the 2018 edition of [[2018 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/cycling-weekly/remy-di-gregorio-fails-anti-doping-test-for-epo-during-paris-nice-376239|title=Rémy Di Gregorio fails anti-doping test for EPO during Paris-Nice|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|date=11 April 2018|website=Cycling Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uci.org|title=Home|website=UCI}}</ref>

==Team roster== {{Updated|5 January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15254/1001647/280|title=Delko|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210105141827/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15254/1001647/280|archive-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/august-jensen-verlaat-riwal-voor-delko-one-provence/|title=August Jensen verlaat Riwal voor Delko One Provence|language=nl|trans-title=August Jensen leaves Riwal for Delko One Provence|work=WielerFlits|publisher=WielerFlits B.V.|date=22 December 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jules|last=Derenne|url=https://www.cyclismactu.net/news-transfert-mathias-turnier-signe-avec-nippo-delko-one-provence-97327.html|title=Transfert - Mathias Le Turnier signe avec NIPPO DELKO One Provence|language=fr|trans-title=Transfer - Mathias Le Turnier signs with NIPPO DELKO One Provence|work=Cyclism'Actu|publisher=Swar Agency|date=20 December 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Pierre Barbier]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|9|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Clément Berthet]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Clément Carisey]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|3|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lucas De Rossi]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|8|16}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Yakob Debesay]]|nat=ERI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|6|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexandre Delettre]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[José Manuel Díaz (cyclist)|José Manuel Díaz]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|1|18}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alessandro Fedeli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Delio Fernández]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|17}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mauro Finetto]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|10}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Biniam Girmay]]|nat=ERI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[José Gonçalves (cyclist)|José Gonçalves]]|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|2|13}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Eduard-Michael Grosu]]|nat=ROU|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|9|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mulu Hailemichael]]|nat=ETH|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|1|12}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Masahiro Ishigami]]|nat=JPN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|20}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[August Jensen]]|nat=NOR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|29}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Justin Jules]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|20}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mathias Le Turnier]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|3|14}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Atsushi Oka]]|nat=JPN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|9|3}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Eduard Prades]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|8|9}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dušan Rajović]]|nat=SRB|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|11|19}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Evaldas Šiškevičius]]|nat=LTU|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|12|30}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Julien Trarieux]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|19}}}}  {{Cycling squad end}}

==Major wins== {{Main|List of wins by VC La Pomme and its successors}}

==National champions== ;2013 :[[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] France U23 Time Trial, Yoann Paillot ;2018 :[[File:MaillotRwanda.png|20px]] Rwanda Time Trial, Joseph Areruya :[[File:MaillotBulgaria.png|20px]] Bulgaria Road Race, Nikolay Mihaylov ;2019 :[[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Australia Criterium, Brenton Jones :[[File:MaillotRwanda.png|20px]] Rwanda Time Trial, Joseph Areruya :[[File:MaillotLituania.PNG|20px]] Lithuania Road Race, Ramūnas Navardauskas ;2020 :[[File:MaillotLituania.PNG|20px]] Lithuania Time Trial, Evaldas Šiškevičius ;2021 :[[File:MaillotLituania.PNG|20px]] Lithuania Time Trial, Evaldas Šiškevičius :[[File:Serbia NC.png|20px]] Serbia Road Race [[Dušan Rajović]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://team.delko.fr/}}

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