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Splendor (cycling team)

former Belgian cycling team (1975-1989)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ20108946 ↗
Source-derived summary

Splendor was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1975 to 1989. It won the team classification of the 1980 Vuelta a España.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Splendor (cycling team)” as former Belgian cycling team (1975-1989). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Splendor, cycling and team.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1989, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Splendor, cycling and team providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Splendor (cycling team)”, the useful work is to connect “former Belgian cycling team (1975-1989)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20108946. VIAF identifies the subject as 168729950. The Library of Congress control number is n93044662. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975, 1989 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Splendor (cycling team)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.