About this ranking
This is the ranking of the most successful professional cycling teams in the world in 1978. The teams are displayed including riders and sports directors. Use the year filter below to look at the same team ranking for another year. Counted are the individual rider's scores in a given season for all of the riders for the team in 1978.
Sanson - Columbus | 1978
SAN - Italy | » Historic Overview
Management
| Directeur Sportif | Waldemaro Bartolozzi |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Giorgio Vannucci |
Riders
| # | Global # | Name | Birthday | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. | Francesco MOSER | 19-Jun-1951 | ITA | 4405 |
| 2. | 11. | Roger DE VLAEMINCK | 24-Aug-1947 | BEL | 2087 |
| 3. | 39. | Claudio BORTOLOTTO | 19-Mar-1952 | ITA | 926 |
| 4. | 52. | Ronald DE WITTE | 21-Oct-1946 | BEL | 793 |
| 5. | 108. | Phil EDWARDS | 03-Sep-1949 | GBR | 465 |
| 6. | 143. | Simone FRACCARO | 01-Jan-1952 | ITA | 343 |
| 7. | 158. | Fabrizio FABBRI | 28-Sep-1948 | ITA | 304 |
| 8. | 161. | Willy DE GEEST | 08-Jan-1947 | BEL | 300 |
| 9. | 162. | Mario BECCIA | 16-Aug-1955 | ITA | 299 |
| 10. | 212. | Herman VAN DER SLAGMOLEN | 31-Oct-1948 | BEL | 194 |
| 11. | 224. | Renato MARCHETTI | 22-Apr-1947 | ITA | 181 |
| 12. | 271. | Palmiro MASCIARELLI | 07-Jan-1953 | ITA | 130 |
| 13. | 345. | Ronny BOSSANT | 29-Dec-1954 | BEL | 81 |
| 14. | 365. | Attilio ROTA | 29-Apr-1945 | ITA | 71 |
| 15. | 433. | Roberto SORLINI | 31-Aug-1947 | ITA | 47 |
| 16. | 1205. | Giordano TURRINI | 28-Mar-1942 | ITA | 0 |
| 17. | 1228. | Bruno RAGONA | ITA | 0 | |
| Score: Rank: |
10626 3 |
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Flandria - Velda - Lano | 1978
FLA - Belgium | » Historic Overview
Management
| Directeur Sportif | Fred Debruyne |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Jean de Gribaldy |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Briek Schotte |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Walter Verlee |
Riders
| # | Global # | Name | Birthday | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7. | Freddy MAERTENS | 13-Feb-1952 | BEL | 2460 |
| 2. | 13. | Michel POLLENTIER | 13-Feb-1951 | BEL | 1992 |
| 3. | 32. | Sean KELLY | 24-May-1956 | IRL | 1044 |
| 4. | 36. | Joaquim AGOSTINHO | 07-Apr-1943 | POR | 971 |
| 5. | 53. | Marc DEMEYER | 19-Apr-1950 | BEL | 788 |
| 6. | 67. | René BITTINGER | 09-Oct-1954 | FRA | 704 |
| 7. | 127. | Marcel TINAZZI | 23-Nov-1953 | FRA | 394 |
| 8. | 164. | Christian MUSELET | 18-Apr-1952 | FRA | 297 |
| 9. | 181. | Herman BEYSSENS | 27-May-1950 | BEL | 260 |
| 10. | 207. | Pol VERSCHUERE | 18-Jan-1955 | BEL | 198 |
| 11. | 220. | Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE | 18-Mar-1942 | BEL | 183 |
| 12. | 231. | Roland SALM | 21-Feb-1951 | SUI | 170 |
| 13. | 290. | Roger VERSCHAEVE | 23-May-1951 | BEL | 111 |
| 14. | 299. | Dirk HEIRWEG | 24-Sep-1955 | BEL | 105 |
| 15. | 300. | Lieven MALFAIT | 18-Jun-1952 | BEL | 104 |
| 16. | 303. | Hendrik DE VOS | 13-Oct-1955 | BEL | 102 |
| 17. | 328. | Jean-Paul HOSOTTE | 11-Mar-1955 | FRA | 90 |
| 18. | 358. | Christian CALZATI | 10-Apr-1954 | FRA | 73 |
| 19. | 393. | Alain DE ROO | 27-Nov-1955 | BEL | 62 |
| 20. | 415. | Johnny DE NUL | 14-Nov-1955 | BEL | 54 |
| 21. | 420. | Dirk ONGENAE | 19-Aug-1953 | BEL | 51 |
| 22. | 431. | Daniel VERPLANCKE | 21-Sep-1948 | BEL | 47 |
| 23. | 481. | Danny VALLAEYS | 10-Oct-1955 | BEL | 30 |
| 24. | 508. | Patrick HOSOTTE | 25-Jul-1957 | FRA | 24 |
| 25. | 544. | Eric LÖDER | 20-Jul-1952 | SUI | 18 |
| 26. | 555. | Wim MIJNGHEER | 23-Mar-1955 | BEL | 17 |
| 27. | 580. | Christian DUMONT | 02-Feb-1956 | BEL | 14 |
| 28. | 644. | Marc MEERNHOUT | 20-Jul-1952 | BEL | 9 |
| 29. | 727. | Patrick DEVOS | 26-Aug-1956 | BEL | 7 |
| 30. | 780. | Danny CLARK | 30-Aug-1951 | AUS | 5 |
| 31. | 926. | Rudy HENDRICKX | 19-Jul-1954 | BEL | 2 |
| 32. | 993. | Mario MARIOTTI | 15-Aug-1955 | ITA | 1 |
| 33. | 1184. | Christian DUBOIS | 21-Oct-1953 | BEL | 0 |
| 34. | 1189. | Norbert DEDECKERE | 12-Jun-1945 | BEL | 0 |
| 35. | 1190. | Eric DESRUELLE | 08-Aug-1941 | BEL | 0 |
| 36. | 1272. | Ludo THEUNIS | 20-Sep-1955 | BEL | 0 |
| 37. | 1273. | Bernard TILMANT | 01-Mar-1953 | BEL | 0 |
| Score: Rank: |
10387 4 |
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