- Lotto (cycling team)
Cycling team infobox
teamname = Lotto
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base = BEL
founded = 1985
disbanded = 2002 (merged with Domo-Farm Frites)
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road bicycle racing team, active between 1985 and 2002, when it merged with theDomo-Farm Frites team to form the newLotto-Domo team - the predecessor to the currentSilence-Lotto team. The team was based in Belgium for its entirety.Lotto began sponsoring a cycling team in 1984, when it co-sponsored the Tönissteiner-Lotto-Mavic-Pecotex team. In 1985, they became prime sponsors of a new team bearing only their name.
Walter Godefroot andPatrick Lefevere were earlydirecteur sportif s.Previous team names
* 1985 - Lotto
* 1986 - Lotto-Emerxil-Merckx
* 1987 - Lotto-Merckx
* 1988 - Lotto
* 1989 - Lotto
* 1990 - Lotto-Vlaanderen-Jong-Mbk-Merckx
* 1991 - Lotto-Superclub
* 1992 - Lotto-Mavic-MBK
* 1993 - Lotto
* 1994 - Lotto
* 1995 - Lotto-Isoglass
* 1996 - Lotto
* 1997 - Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass
* 1998 - Lotto-Mobistar
* 1999 - Lotto-Mobistar
* 2000 - Lotto-Adecco
* 2001 - Lotto-Adecco
* 2002 - Lotto-Adecco
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