# Panasonic (cycling team)

Panasonic was a Dutch professional cycling team, sponsored by the Matusishita Corporation, formed in 1984 by team manager Peter Post, when the TI–Raleigh main sponsors, withdrew sponsorship. Some of the riders, followed Jan Raas to his newly formed team, Kwantum Hallen–Decosol. Peter Post retained some riders, and rebuilt his team, with riders, who became one of the most dominant teams, for both classics, and stage races.
The Panasonic team, had a reputation for always having the best equipment, vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, team clothing by Descente 1984-87 / AGU 1988-89 & Biemme 1990–92, team bicycles from Raleigh 1984–85 / Eddy Merckx 1986–87 & Colnago 1988–89, were always fitted with Italian Campagnolo groupsets.
Between 1990 and 1992 the team used Panasonic branded bicycles, fitted with Japanese Shimano equipment, reflecting its corporate branding.

## Team riders

| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
| Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding | Henk Lubberding |
| Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens | Guy Nulens |
| Eddy Planckaert | Eddy Planckaert | Eddy Planckaert | Eddy Planckaert | Danny Clark | Danny Clark | Eddy Planckaert | Eddy Planckaert | Wilfried Nelissen |
| Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Theo de Rooij | Rudy Dhaenens | Rudy Dhaenens |
| Eric Vanderaerden | Eric Vanderaerden | Eric Vanderaerden | Eric Vanderaerden | Eric Vanderaerden | Eric Vanderaerden | Viatcheslav Ekimov | Viatcheslav Ekimov | Viatcheslav Ekimov |
| Peter Winnen | Peter Winnen | Peter Winnen | Peter Winnen | Peter Winnen | Peter Winnen | Eddy Bouwmans | Eddy Bouwmans | Eddy Bouwmans |
| Ludo De Keulenaer | Ludo De Keulenaer | Ludo De Keulenaer | Ludo De Keulenaer | Louis de Koning | Louis de Koning | Louis de Koning | Louis de Koning | Louis de Koning |
| Bert Oosterbosch | Bert Oosterbosch | Bert Oosterbosch | Bert Oosterbosch | Urs Freuler | Urs Freuler | Urs Freuler | Urs Freuler | |
| Phil Anderson | Phil Anderson | Phil Anderson | Phil Anderson | Jean-Marie Wampers | Jean-Marie Wampers | Jean-Marie Wampers | Jean-Marie Wampers | |
| Gert-Jan Theunisse | Gert-Jan Theunisse | Gert-Jan Theunisse | Anjo van Loon | Anjo van Loon | Anjo van Loon | Gert-Jan Theunisse | Maurizio Fondriest | Maurizio Fondriest |
| Jos Lammertink | Jos Lammertink | Jos Lammertink | John Talen | John Talen | John Talen | John Talen | Jacques Hanegraaf | Jacques Hanegraaf |
| Gerard Veldscholten | Gerard Veldscholten | Allan Peiper | Allan Peiper | Allan Peiper | Allan Peiper | Allan Peiper | Jo Planckaert | Jo Planckaert |
| Walter Planckaert | Walter Planckaert | Teun van Vliet | Teun van Vliet | Teun van Vliet | Teun van Vliet | Teun van Vliet | Robert Van De Vin | Robert Van De Vin |
| Johan Lammerts | Johan Lammerts | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker | Eric Van Lancker |
| Steven Rooks | Steven Rooks | Erik Breukink | Erik Breukink | Erik Breukink | Erik Breukink | Steven Rooks | Marc van Orsouw | Marc van Orsouw |
| Bert Wekema | Bert Wekema | Peter Harings | Peter Harings | Peter Harings | Peter Harings | Marc Sergeant | Marc Sergeant | Marc Sergeant |
| René Kos | René Kos | Robert Millar | Robert Millar | Corné Van Rijen | Corné Van Rijen | Corné Van Rijen | Dimitri Zhdanov | Dimitri Zhdanov |
| | Henk Baars | Henk Baars | Dietrich Thurau | Dietrich Thurau | Harry Rozendal | Harry Rozendal | Harry Rozendal | |
| | Jos Alberts | Ludo Giesberts | Jan van Wijk | Jan van Wijk | Michel Cornelisse | Michel Cornelisse | Menno Vink | Menno Vink |
| | Danny Lippens | Johan van der Velde | Martin Hendriks | Martin Hendriks | Thomas Dürst | Thomas Dürst | Marco Zen | Marco Zen |
| | Michel Groenendaal | Danny Vanderaerden | | Hansruedi Märki | Hansruedi Märki | Olaf Ludwig | Olaf Ludwig | Olaf Ludwig |
| | | | | Bernard Gavillet | Arno Ottevanger | Eric Knuvers | Eric Knuvers | Eric Knuvers |
| | | | | Heinz Imboden | Jean-Paul van Poppel | Jean-Paul van Poppel | Jens Veggerby | |
| | | | | | | Jef Lieckens | Jef Lieckens | |
| | | | | | | Patrick Strouken | Patrick Strouken | |
| | | | | | | Jos Van Der Pas | Jens Heppner | |
| | | | | | | Frank van Veenendaal | Michel Legrand | |
| | | | | | | Rob Mulders | | |

## Major wins

Sources:
* Stage 13 of the 1987 Tour de France (Erik Breukink)
* Stage 1A of the Giro d'Italia 1987 (Erik Breukink)
* Tour of the Basque Country 1988 (Erik Breukink)
* Maillot blanc the 1988 Tour de France 1988 (Erik Breukink)
* Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia 1988 (Erik Breukink)
* Prologue 1989 Tour de France (Erik Breukink)
* Züri-Metzgete 1984 (Phil Anderson)
* Rund um den Henninger Turm 1984 (Phil Anderson)
* Catalan Week 1984 (Phil Anderson)
* Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1985 (Phil Anderson)
* Tour de Suisse 1985, 3 stage wins (Phil Anderson)
* Rund um den Henninger Turm 1985 (Phil Anderson)
* E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1985 (Phil Anderson)
* Paris–Tours 1986 (Phil Anderson)
* Milano–Torino 1987 (Phil Anderson)
* Dwars door Vlaanderen 1984 (Walter Planckaert)
* Tour of Belgium 1984, 3 stage wins (Eddy Planckaert)
* Omloop Het Volk 1984 (Eddy Planckaert)
* 3 stage wins Paris–Nice (1984 & 1987) (Eddy Planckaert)
* Étoile de Bessèges 1984 (Eddy Planckaert)
* Omloop Het Volk 1985 (Eddy Planckaert)
* 2 stage wins Vuelta a España 1985 (Eddy Planckaert)
* 1 stage wins 1985 Tour de France (Eddy Planckaert)
* E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1987 (Eddy Planckaert)
* 2 stages Giro d'Italia 1989 (Jean-Paul van Poppel)
* Veenendaal–Veenendaal 1989 (Jean-Paul van Poppel)