| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | PDM | |
| Registered | Netherlands | |
| Founded | 1986 | |
| Disbanded | 1992 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Team name history | ||
| 1986–1989 1990–1991 1992 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde PDM–Concorde–Ultima PDM–Ultima–Concorde | |
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PDM ( UCI team code:PDM) was a Dutch professional cycling team from 1986 until the end of 1992. Gin-MG was co-sponsor in Spanish races and Cidona was co-sponsor in the 1991 Nissan Classic. The team was sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between the electronics company, Philips, and the chemical company, DuPont. The team rode Concorde bicycles, manufactured in Italy, by several builders that were colour coordinated to the team jersey by Ultima.
Roy Schuiten was team manager and Jan Gisbers directeur sportif in 1986. Gisbers took over as the team manager the following year and remained until 1992. He was joined by Piet van der Kruijs and Ferdi van den Haute. The team was owned by Manfred Krikke, of Veltec Rentmeester.
The team was successful in classics and had a rider second overall in the Tour de France in 1987 with Pedro Delgado and 1988 with Steven Rooks. It also had third place with Erik Breukink in 1990. It won the Tour team classification in 1988 and 1989. PDM rider Gert-Jan Theunisse was second in the 1988 Tour de France, battling former PDM teammate Pedro Delgado, when he tested positive for testosterone and received a 10-minute penalty. [1]
The team dropped out of the 1991 Tour de France with reported food poisoning. [2] Team members and team doctor Wim Sanders said in a TV documentary in 2008 [3] that the cause was careless storage of Intralipid, a nutritional aid with which riders had been injected. [4] The team continued one more year, after which the sponsor sold the team to Festina.
In November 1997 Cyclingnews.com reported an inquiry in The Netherlands, [5] which appeared to reveal doping in the PDM team. Wim Sanders, the doctor from 1990 to 1991, was the centre of the investigation, which was initiated when the general manager of the team, Manfred Krikke, called the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service to investigate. It was said Sanders supplied anabolic steroids and EPO to the team and was responsible for the intralipid affair of the 1991 Tour de France. [5] According to Cyclingnews.com, 1990 was the height of the drug taking in the team and two riders stopped with heart problems; [5] whether this refers to stopping professional cycling or performance-enhancing drugs was unclear. Gisbers denied knowledge of doping. [4]
 Overall Vuelta a Andalucía, Steven Rooks
  Overall Vuelta a Andalucía, Steven Rooks  Netherlands National Cyclo-cross Championship, Hennie Stamsnijder
 Netherlands National Cyclo-cross Championship, Hennie Stamsnijder  Sprint classification Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo, Hans Daams
  Sprint classification Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo, Hans Daams  Netherlands National Road Race Championship, Adri van der Poel
 Netherlands National Road Race Championship, Adri van der Poel  Switzerland National Road Race Championship, Jörg Müller
  Switzerland National Road Race Championship, Jörg Müller  Netherlands National Cyclo-cross Championship, Hennie Stamsnijder
 Netherlands National Cyclo-cross Championship, Hennie Stamsnijder  Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Adri van der Poel
  Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Adri van der Poel  Mountains classification Tour de France, Steven Rooks
  Mountains classification Tour de France, Steven Rooks  Overall Tour du Vaucluse, Steven Rooks
  Overall Tour du Vaucluse, Steven Rooks  Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Gert-Jan Theunisse
  Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Gert-Jan Theunisse  Points classification, Gert-Jan Theunisse
 Points classification, Gert-Jan Theunisse  Points classification Tour de France, Sean Kelly
  Points classification Tour de France, Sean Kelly  Mountains classification, Gert-Jan Theunisse
  Mountains classification, Gert-Jan Theunisse  Combination classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, John Vos
  Combination classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, John Vos  Sprint classification Vuelta a España, Uwe Raab
 Sprint classification Vuelta a España, Uwe Raab  Overall Tour de Suisse, Sean Kelly
  Overall Tour de Suisse, Sean Kelly  UCI Road World Championships, Rudy Dhaenens
  UCI Road World Championships, Rudy Dhaenens  Overall Tour of Ireland, Erik Breukink
  Overall Tour of Ireland, Erik Breukink  Points classification Vuelta a España, Uwe Raab
  Points classification Vuelta a España, Uwe Raab  Overall Tour DuPont, Erik Breukink
  Overall Tour DuPont, Erik Breukink  Germany National Road Race Championship, Falk Boden
 Germany National Road Race Championship, Falk Boden