Delko

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Delko (UCI team code: DKO) was a French UCI ProTeam that was founded in 1974.[3] They became a Continental team in 2011 allowing them to ride UCI Europe Tour races.[4] After financial difficulties, the team's operations were brought to a halt shortly before the end of the 2021 season.[5]

The team in 2015
UCI codeDKO
RegisteredFrance (1974–2010; 2012–2021)
Latvia (2011)
Founded1974 (1974)
Disbanded2021
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Delko
Team information
UCI codeDKO
RegisteredFrance (1974–2010; 2012–2021)
Latvia (2011)
Founded1974 (1974)
Disbanded2021
DisciplineRoad
StatusNational (1974–2010)
UCI Continental (2011–2015)
UCI Professional Continental (2016–2019)
UCI ProTeam (2020–2021)
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WebsiteTeam home page
Team name history
1974–1999
2000–2011
2012–2014
2015
2016–2018
2019
2020
2021
VC La Pomme
VC La Pomme Marseille
La Pomme Marseille[2]
Marseille 13–KTM
Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
Delko–Marseille Provence
Nippo–Delko–One Provence
Delko
Delko jersey
Delko jersey
Jersey
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Doping

In April 2018, news broke that Rémy Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin (EPO) during the 2018 edition of Paris–Nice.[6][7]

Team roster

As of 5 January 2021.[8][9][10]
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Rider Date of birth
 Pierre Barbier (FRA) (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 28)
 Clément Berthet (FRA) (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 28)
 Clément Carisey (FRA) (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 33)
 Lucas De Rossi (FRA) (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 30)
 Yakob Debesay (ERI) (1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 26)
 Alexandre Delettre (FRA) (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 (age 28)
 José Manuel Díaz (ESP) (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 31)
 Alessandro Fedeli (ITA) (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 30)
 Delio Fernández (ESP) (1986-02-17) 17 February 1986 (age 40)
 Mauro Finetto (ITA) (1985-05-10) 10 May 1985 (age 40)
 Biniam Girmay (ERI) (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25)
 José Gonçalves (POR) (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 37)
Rider Date of birth
 Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 33)
 Mulu Hailemichael (ETH) (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 27)
 Masahiro Ishigami (JPN) (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 28)
 August Jensen (NOR) (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 34)
 Justin Jules (FRA) (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 39)
 Mathias Le Turnier (FRA) (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 30)
 Atsushi Oka (JPN) (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 30)
 Eduard Prades (ESP) (1987-08-09) 9 August 1987 (age 38)
 Dušan Rajović (SRB) (1997-11-19) 19 November 1997 (age 28)
 Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) (1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 37)
 Julien Trarieux (FRA) (1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 33)
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Major wins

Main article: List of wins by VC La Pomme and its successors

National champions

2013
France U23 Time Trial, Yoann Paillot
2018
Rwanda Time Trial, Joseph Areruya
Bulgaria Road Race, Nikolay Mihaylov
2019
Australia Criterium, Brenton Jones
Rwanda Time Trial, Joseph Areruya
Lithuania Road Race, Ramūnas Navardauskas
2020
Lithuania Time Trial, Evaldas Šiškevičius
2021
Lithuania Time Trial, Evaldas Šiškevičius
Serbia Road Race Dušan Rajović

References

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