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S.E.F.B (cycling team)

former Belgian cycling team (1987–1991)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ105063188 ↗
Source-derived summary

S.E.F.B. was a Belgian professional cycling team that existed from 1987 to 1991.

The main sponsor of the team was the Belgian savings bank S.E.F.B.

Doping

In 1991 Jerry Cooman failed two doping controls in The Milk Race following his wins in Stage 11 and 12. He was disqualified from his wins.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “S.E.F.B (cycling team)” as former Belgian cycling team (1987–1991). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987. The account is most persuasive where cycling, team and former can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as former Belgian cycling team (1987–1991). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105063188. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1987 and 1991.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from “S.E.F.B (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.