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Team information | |
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UCI code | DAF |
Registered | Belgium |
Founded | 1979 |
Disbanded | 1983 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Fred De Bruyne José De Cauwer |
Team name history | |
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 | DAF Trucks–Aida DAF Trucks–Lejeune DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad–Rossin Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo |
DAF Trucks ( UCI team code:DAF) was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1983. [1] [2] [3] Its main sponsor was Dutch truck manufacturing company DAF Trucks.
The list of riders [4] with their ages as of January 1, 1981.
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The list of riders [5] [4] with their ages as of January 1, 1982.
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The list of riders [4] with their ages as of January 1, 1983.
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