Rudi Altig
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Rudi Altig was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television comme
Altig at the 2006 Deutschland Tour
Altig (right) with his brother Willi in 1966
Altig on a 1969 UAE stamp
Molteni (cycling team)
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Molteni was an Italian professional road bicycle racing team from 1958 until the end of 1976. It won 663 races, many of them earned by its most famous rider, Eddy Merckx. Other riders included Gianni
Rudi Altig
…the Nürburgring. There was controversy because Altig had been helped by Gianni Motta, riding that day for Italy but normally Altig's companion in the Molteni team. The concern was quickly overshadowed by the refusal of the first three riders to give urine samples for a drugs check. They were protesting at…
The Molteni team of 1970
Eddy Merckx after he won the 1975 Amstel Gold Race, one of the many victories he achieved with Molteni
Gianni Motta at the 1966 Giro d'Italia