Team information | ||
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UCI code | DKO | |
Registered | France (1974–2010; 2012–2021) Latvia (2011) | |
Founded | 1974 | |
Disbanded | 2021 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | National (1974–2010) UCI Continental (2011–2015) UCI Professional Continental (2016–2019) UCI ProTeam (2020–2021) | |
Bicycles | Look Bicycles [1] | |
Website | Team home page | |
Team name history | ||
1974–1999 2000–2011 2012–2014 2015 2016–2018 2019 2020 2021 | VC La Pomme VC La Pomme Marseille La Pomme Marseille [2] Marseille 13–KTM Delko–Marseille Provence KTM Delko–Marseille Provence Nippo–Delko–One Provence Delko | |
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Delko ( UCI team code:DKO) was a French UCI ProTeam that was founded in 1974. [3] They became a Continental team in 2011 allowing them to ride UCI Europe Tour races. [4] After financial difficulties, the team's operations were brought to a halt shortly before the end of the 2021 season. [5]
In April 2018, news broke that Rémy Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin (EPO) during the 2018 edition of Paris–Nice. [6] [7]
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Rémy Di Gregorio is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for Française des Jeux (2005–2010), Astana (2011), Cofidis (2012), and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM (2014–2018) in his professional career.
Ramūnas Navardauskas is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2022 for Cannondale–Drapac, Bahrain–Merida, Nippo–Delko–One Provence and the Voltas Cycling Team. Following his retirement as a rider, Navardauskas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team.
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