Gis Gelati

{{short description|Italian cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Gis Gelati | image =Gis_Gelati-1980_jersey.png | code = GIS | registered = Italy | founded = {{start date|1978}} | disbanded = 1991 | discipline = Road | status = Retired | bicycles = Pinarello (1978) Benotto (1979) Colnago (1980–1981) Olmo (1982) Moser (1983–1985) Rossin (1986) Basso (1987–1988) Benotto (1990–1991) | generalmanager = | teammanager = | season = 1978-1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 | oldname = Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Campagnolo Gis Gelati–Olmo Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu Gis Gelati Gis Gelati–Jollyscarpe Gis–Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe Gis Gelati–Benotto Gis Gelati–Ballan |caption=1980 jersey|image size=170}}

'''Gis Gelati''' was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1991,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gis Gelati 1978 |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=5425 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028120804/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=5425 |archive-date=2021-10-28 |access-date=2012-07-09 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gis Gelati–Ballan 1991 |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8297 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403222617/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=8297 |archive-date=2015-04-03 |access-date=2012-07-09 |publisher=Cyclingarchives.com}}</ref> with headquarters in Giulianova, Abruzzo.

==History==

The first team manager was Piero Pieroni, who stayed for three years and then returned for another season in 1984. In 1978, the team's first season, they won two events with Marino Basso. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Francesco Moser. The team was very successful in the Giro d'Italia, they won many Points classifications, a General classification, and 23 stages. The team won a few classics due to the help of Roger De Vlaeminck and Francesco Moser. The team folded in 1991.

==Notable riders==

* Giuseppe Saronni {{ITA}} * Roger De Vlaeminck {{BEL}} * Francesco Moser {{ITA}} * Johan van der Velde {{NED}} * Adriano Baffi {{ITA}} * Dave Akam {{GBR}}

==Major wins==

===Major one-day races=== *Milan–San Remo **'''1979''' Roger De Vlaeminck {{BEL}} **'''1984''' Francesco Moser {{ITA}} *Omloop Het Volk **'''1979''' Roger De Vlaeminck {{BEL}}

===Grand Tours===

====Giro d'Italia==== *General classification: ** 1984 Francesco Moser {{ITA}} *Points classification: **1980 - Giuseppe Saronni {{ITA}} **1981 - Giuseppe Saronni {{ITA}} **1987 - Johan van der Velde {{NED}} **1988 - Johan van der Velde {{NED}} *Young rider classification: **1986 - Marco Giovannetti {{ITA}} **23 stages (3 in '''1979''', 7 in '''1980''', 3 in '''1981''', 1 in '''1983''', 4 in '''1984''', 3 in '''1985''', 2 in '''1987''', and 1 in '''1991''')

====Vuelta a España==== *4 stages (4 in '''1984''')

===Other races=== *2 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (in '''1988''') *1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (2 in '''1981''')

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

Category:Cycling teams based in Italy Category:Defunct cycling teams based in Italy Category:Cycling teams established in 1978 Category:Cycling teams disestablished in 1991