Theo Känel - Prince of Thieves
In 1977, a cocksure Swiss upholsterer crammed a lifetime of scandals into four short months. In the third and final instalment of his vanishing teams series, Herbie Sykes recalls the mythical (for all the wrong reasons) Theo Känel.
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Index Alexia Alluminio Cycling Team
In 2002, a team which was technically insolvent somehow won the Giro D'Italia. In the second of his exclusive blog posts on cycling’s vanishing teams, Herbie Sykes recalls Paolo Savoldelli’s Index-Alexia cycling team.
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Ton Vissers and the Alsaver Cycling Team - Last orders
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who has exclusively written a series of articles for Prendas Ciclismo evoking cycling’s vanishing teams. The first blog features Ton Vissers and his Alsaver Cycling team, a mythical Dutch outfit from 1975 professional peloton.
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Alfa Lum Cycling Team - Part 4
Herbie Sykes continues his absorbing story of the Alfa Lum cycling team with the fourth and final part of this exclusive blog where the once close-knit team imploded eventually dispersing into amongst the European peloton.
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Alfa Lum Cycling Team - Part 3
Author & journalist Herbie Sykes continues the fascinating story of the Alfa Lum cycling team, with part three starting with a trip to Liechtenstein.
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Alfa Lum Cycling Team - Part 2
Author & journalist Herbie Sykes continues the intriguing story of the Alfa Lum cycling team, part two explains how the formerly all-Italian team decided to adopt the Red Army cycling team.
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Alfa Lum Cycling Team - Part 1
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who explains the curious story of the Alfa Lum cycling team. Part one starts with Maurizio Fondriest's win at the 1988 World Championships that shaped the future of the team.
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Upwardly mobile…
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who tells the interesting story of the Metauro Mobili Pinarello cycling team that featured riders like the Belgian climbing sensation Lucien Van Impe and Italian Champion Vittorio Algeri.
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San Pellegrino Cycling Team - Brilliant Orange
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who explains the intriguing background story behind our best-selling retro jersey of 2017 and 2018 - the San Pellegrino.
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Ferretti Cycling Team - Fratelli D'Italia
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who looks back to when the Ferretti cycling team joined the professional peloton and brought along the Swedish Pettersson brothers along for a truly meteoric journey.
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The Milk Race - The squid and the whale
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes who looks back on the Milk Race from an Eastern European and Soviet Union riders point of view in this insightful piece.
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Forgotten Races: The Peace Race
Join respected author & journalist Herbie Sykes whose enthusiasm for the Peace Race shines through this insightful piece. The race ran between 1948 and 2006, and is now rightly celebrated in our Forgotten Races collection with a jersey, cap & socks available.
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