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> Hi all,
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> Just wondering what business Molteni (the team Eddy Merckx rode for)
> was
> involved in? I was told it was a sausage manufacturing. Is this
> correct?
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> Apologies for being somewhat off topic. Replies can be made to me
> personally rather than on list if you care.
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> cheers
> Peter, Perth, Western Australia
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> Peter Palamara
> Senior Research Officer
> Injury Research Centre
> School of Population Health
> Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
> The University of Western Australia
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>
I remember a story that Molteni stopped promotion of cycling because of
a scandal involving their sausage production. They were diluting the
sausage with more cereal than allowed by law to increase their profits
and were caught several times. Corporate impropriety then as now.
Michael Murphy
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