Retro Winter Cycling Jacket Molteni Fleece - Orange REDTED Molteni was a former Italian cycling team operating from 1958 to the end of 1976, Molteni was a salami producer based in Arcore in the Milan region. Molteni won 663 stages as a cycling team. Many of these won stages are in the name of perhaps the most famous cyclist in the service of Molteni, namely Eddy Merckx. This rider won both the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia five times. Two other well-known cyclists employed by this cycling team were Gianni Motta and Marino Basso. These riders had 48 and 34 stage gains to their name respectively. In 1976, Molteni permanently stopped sponsoring the cycling team.