Festina cycling team
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Festina cycling team was a prominent professional road cycling team of the 1990s, best known for its strong Grand Tour contenders and its central role in the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Festina cycling team canonical | 1 |
| Gan cycling team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16028312 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Festina cycling team Context triple: [Alex Zülle, rodeForTeam, Festina cycling team]
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Flandria cycling team
The Flandria cycling team was a prominent Belgian professional road cycling squad known for its success in the 1960s and 1970s with several star riders.
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Bic cycling team
The Bic cycling team was a professional road cycling squad from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for featuring stars like Jacques Anquetil and for being sponsored by the French pen and lighter manufacturer Bic.
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Cofidis cycling team
Cofidis is a professional road cycling team from France known for competing in major international races such as the Tour de France.
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7-Eleven Cycling Team
The 7-Eleven Cycling Team was a pioneering American professional road cycling squad from the 1980s that helped establish the United States as a force in international cycling.
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Peugeot cycling team
The Peugeot cycling team was a prominent professional road cycling squad from France, active for much of the 20th century and known for nurturing numerous champions and pioneering sponsorship in the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festina cycling team Target entity description: Festina cycling team was a prominent professional road cycling team of the 1990s, best known for its strong Grand Tour contenders and its central role in the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal.
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A.
Flandria cycling team
The Flandria cycling team was a prominent Belgian professional road cycling squad known for its success in the 1960s and 1970s with several star riders.
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B.
Bic cycling team
The Bic cycling team was a professional road cycling squad from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for featuring stars like Jacques Anquetil and for being sponsored by the French pen and lighter manufacturer Bic.
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C.
Cofidis cycling team
Cofidis is a professional road cycling team from France known for competing in major international races such as the Tour de France.
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D.
7-Eleven Cycling Team
The 7-Eleven Cycling Team was a pioneering American professional road cycling squad from the 1980s that helped establish the United States as a force in international cycling.
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E.
Peugeot cycling team
The Peugeot cycling team was a prominent professional road cycling squad from France, active for much of the 20th century and known for nurturing numerous champions and pioneering sponsorship in the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Festina cycling team