Postobón (cycling team)

Not to be confused with Team Manzana Postobón.

Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón. The team name was sometimes Manzana–Postobón after one of the most popular drinks that the beverage manufacturer produced.

Postobón

Team information
Registered	Colombia
Founded	1986 (1986)
Disbanded	1996
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1986–1988 1989 1990–1992 1993–1996	Postobón–Manzana / Postobón–Ryalcao (Europe) Postobón–Manzana Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao Postobón–Manzana

The team came into existence the year after the creation of the Café de Colombia-Pilas Varta-Mavic. The first manager of the Café de Colombia team was José Raúl Meza Orozco but he joined Postóbon. Asdrubal Salazar, Elkin Dario Rendón Rojas, José Alfonso López Lemus and Narsutis Dumbauskas would be involved in the managing of the team of the ten years of its existence.

Luis Herrera rode the last two years of his career with the team. Chepe González, a stage winner in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia began his career with the team. The team obtained success and challenged the dominance of Café de Colombia in the Vuelta a Colombia with Pablo Wilches, Gustavo Wilches and José González. On February 22, 1995, three cyclists of the team - Néstor Mora, Hernán Patiño and Augusto Triana were killed while training on a highway in Colombia when they were hit by a truck.

Major wins

1986

Stage Vuelta a Colombia

1987

General classification and one stage Vuelta a Colombia

Stage Clásico RCN

1988

General classification Clásica Ciudad de Girardot

General classification Vuelta a Boyacà

Two stages Clásico RCN

1989

Mountains classification and one stage Vuelta a España

Stage Clásico RCN

1990

Stage Vuelta a España

Stage 7 Dauphiné Libéré

Stage 2 Vuelta a Venezuela

General classification Vuelta a El Salvador

General classification Clásico RCN

1991

General classification and one stage Dauphiné Libéré

Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya

Mountains classification and Stage 16 Vuelta a España

1992

General classification Clásico RCN

General classification Vuelta a los valles Mineros

General classification Vuelta a Costa Rica

General classification Vuelta Ciclista an Aragón

General classification and one stage Route du Sud

General classification Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia

Stage 7 Dauphiné Libéré

1994

Stage Clásico RCN

1995

National Colombia road race championships (Efraín Rico)

General classification and one stage Ruta Mexico

Stage Clásico RCN

1996

Stage wins Vuelta a Colombia