Team information | |
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Registered | Italy |
Founded | 1977 |
Disbanded | 1978 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Key personnel | |
Team manager(s) | Carlo Menicagli |
Team name history | |
1977 1978 | Fiorella–Mocassini Fiorella–Mocassini–Citroën |
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