Groene Leeuw (cycling team)

Groene Leeuw
	The Wiel's–Groene Leeuw squad of the 1964 Tour de France
Team information
Registered	Belgium
Founded	1945
Disbanded	1969
Discipline(s)	Road
Bicycles	Groene Leeuw (1945–1967); Novy (1968–1969)
Key personnel
General manager	Arthur Decabooter (1968–1969)
Team name history
1945–1953; 1954; 1955–1957; 1958; 1959–1960; 1961; 1962–1965; 1966; 1967; 1967; 1968–1969	Groene Leeuw; Groene Leeuw–Huret; Groene Leeuw; Groene Leeuw–Leopold; Groene Leeuw–Sinalco–SAS; Groene Leeuw–SAS–Sinalco; Wiel's–Groene Leeuw; Wiel's–Gancia-Groene Leeuw; Groene Leeuw–Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale; Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale; Pull Over Centrale–Novy

Groene Leeuw (English: Green Lion) was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1945 to 1969.^[1]^[2]^[3] Its main sponsor was Belgian bicycle manufacturer Groene Leeuw. Among the various co-sponsors was the Belgian beer Wiel's.^[4] In the 1960 Vuelta a España, the team finished with the top two placings in the general classification of the 1960 Vuelta a España, with Frans De Mulder first and Armand Desmet second.

References[]

^ "Groene Leeuw (1945)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Pull Over Centrale - Novy (1969)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Groene Leeuw". Wielersportboeken. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "A directory of pro cycling team sponsors, old and new". BikeRaceInfo. McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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