Gis Gelati

Gis Gelati
Team information
UCI code	GIS
Registered	Italy
Founded	1978
Disbanded	1991
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Retired
Bicycles	Pinarello (1978); Benotto (1979); Colnago (1980–1981); Olmo (1982); Moser (1983–1985); Rossin (1986); Basso (1987–1988); Benotto (1990–1991)
Team name history
1978-1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985–1986; 1987; 1988; 1990; 1991	Gis Gelati; Gis Gelati–Campagnolo; Gis Gelati–Olmo; Gis Gelati; Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu; Gis Gelati; Gis Gelati–Jollyscarpe; Gis–Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe; Gis Gelati–Benotto; Gis Gelati–Ballan

Gis Gelati was an Italian professional cycling team that was active between 1978 and 1991, with headquarters in Giulianova, Abruzzo.

History

The first team manager was Piero Pieroni, who stayed for three years and then returned for another season in 1984. In 1978, the team's first season, they won two events with Marino Basso. They won the 1983 Giro d'Italia with Francesco Moser. The team was very successful in the Giro d'Italia, they won many Points classifications, a General classification, and 23 stages. The team won a few classics due to the help of Roger De Vlaeminck and Francesco Moser. The team folded in 1991.

Notable riders

Major wins

Major one-day races

Milan–San Remo
- 1979 Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium
- 1984 Francesco Moser Italy
Omloop Het Volk
- 1979 Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

General classification:
- 1984 Francesco Moser Italy
Points classification:
- 1980 - Giuseppe Saronni Italy
- 1981 - Giuseppe Saronni Italy
- 1987 - Johan van der Velde Netherlands
- 1988 - Johan van der Velde Netherlands
Young rider classification:
- 1986 - Marco Giovannetti Italy
- 23 stages (3 in 1979, 7 in 1980, 3 in 1981, 1 in 1983, 4 in 1984, 3 in 1985, 2 in 1987, and 1 in 1991)

Vuelta a España

4 stages (4 in 1984)

Other races

2 stages in the Tirreno–Adriatico (in 1988)
1 stage in the Tour de Romandie (2 in 1981)