Palmans was a Belgian professional

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and

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cycling team that existed from 1993 until 2010. The team underwent many different name changes throughout its existence, but was always sponsored by Palmans, an international road transport company. In 2000, the team merged with

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, another Belgian team. The team disbanded for two years in 2004. Part of the staff and Palmans, the main sponsor, helped form a new Belgian team, . In 2006, split in two. Part of the team became and the other returned to Palmans–Collstrop. In 2010, the team permanently disbanded.

Major wins

Races

* Omloop van het Waasland : Jan Bogaert (1994), Wim Omloop (1997),

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(2003) * Omloop van het Houtland : Jans Koerts (1995),

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(2000),

(2001, 2003) *

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: Hans De Meester (1996) * Grote 1-MeiPrijs : Peter Spaenhoven (1997),

(2001), Roger Hammond (2002) *

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: Magnus Bäckstedt (1997), Peter Van Petegem (2001) * Circuit Franco-Belge : Frank Høj (1998) *

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: Hendrik Van Dijck (2000) *

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: Dave Bruylandts (2000) *

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(2000) * Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : Peter Van Petegem (2001) * Tour Beneden-Maas :

(2001), Roger Hammond (2002) *

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(2003) * Antwerpse Havenpijl : Rob Goris (2010) * Schaal Sels : Aidis Kruopis (2010)

National championships

;2003 : Belgium Road Race,

Britain Road Race, Roger Hammond ;2008 : MaillotFin

Finland Time Trial, Matti Helminen

References

UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams based in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1993 Cycling teams disestablished in 2010 1993 establishments in Belgium 2010 disestablishments in Belgium {{Cycling-team-stub