Panini Ciclismo 89 (Colombia)

 

Ciclismo 89 is the third Colombian album published by Panini, following the 1985 and 1987 editions. This time the collection focuses mostly on the Colombian teams and riders, with the rest of the world grouped in one section at the end of the album.

The album begins with an introductory page including six stickers: the podium of the 1988 Tour de France (4 stickers), the logo of the Colombian Federation (metallic sticker), and the president Miguel Angel Bermudez.

Before showing the Colombian teams and riders, there is one page dedicated to the regional cycling leagues, with a total of 10 metallic stickers. There are then 14 Colombian teams included, with a variable number of stickers, from the minimum of 10 stickers (Loteria de Boyacà) to a maximum of 29 stickers (Café de Colombia). In addition to the riders, the team pages include also the stickers of the director and the team photo. As a tradition for this series, the album features also the route of the main competitions, with details about the Colombian participation. In addition, the Giro d'Italia page includes two stickers of Martin Emilio Rodriguez (during the Giro 1973 and 1975, when he won stage 19), and the Tour de Dauphiné includes four stickers with Colombian riders that got relevant results in the competition (Martin Ramirez, Henri Cardenas, Luis Alberto Herrera, and Francisco Rodriguez). To complete the celebration of the Colombian cycling, in the centre of the album there is a poster "Arriba Colombia - la meta es Europa" (Colombia is coming, Europe is the goal) with 15 stickers of Colombian riders aiming to get good results in Europe.

After completing the presentation of the Colombian teams, Ciclismo 89 features for the first time one section dedicated to the women of cycling, with a total of 9 stickers. Among them also Jeannie Longo, three times winner of the Tour de France. Then the champions of the Colombian Vuelta are shown (20 stickers), and finally the best riders from the rest of the world are included with 72 stickers displaced over 8 pages. Here we find the big names, like Fignon, Lemond, Argentin, Roche, Delgado, and Indurain. The album ends grouping in one page 9 metallic stickers of the camisetas (jersey) from the main cycling competitions. 

Back cover of the album

The Italians Mario Scirea, in his first professional year with the team Café Colombia, and Moreno Argentin (world champion in 1986)

The women's section includes the stickers of two legends: the French Jeannie Longo and the Italian Maria Canins

Greg Lemond and Laurent Fignon, 1st and 2nd in the Tour de France 1989, divided by only 8 seconds

Stephen Roche (winner of Giro and Tour de France in 1987) and Eric Breukink (on the podium of both Giro and Tour de France in his career)

Two Spanish riders that won the Tour de France: Pedro Delgado (1988) and Miguel Indurain (from 1991 to 1995)

Album details

Full name: Ciclismo 89 

Publisher: Panini

Country: Colombia

Year: 1989

Sport: Cycling

Sections:

• Introduction (6 stickers)
• Ligas Departamentales (10 stickers)
• Colombian Teams:
• CAFE' DE COLOMBIA (29 stickers)
• MANZANA POSTOBON (20 stickers)
• PONY MALTA PROFESIONAL (20 stickers)
• VARTA KELME (20 stickers)
• CASTALIA (20 stickers)
• CLUB CAFE DE COLOMBIA (19 stickers)
• PONY MALTA AFICIONADO (19 stickers)
• CAFAM (11 stickers)
• CIE INGENIEROS (11 stickers)
• FRUTICOL (11 stickers)
• IBADROGAS (11 stickers)
• LOTERIA DE BOYACA (10 stickers)
• LOTERIA DE CAUCA (11 stickers)
• PINTURAS PHILAAC (11 stickers)
• Giro d'Italia (2 stickers)
• Arriva Colombia! (15 stickers)
• Dauphiné Libéré (4 stickers)
• Las Mujeres en el ciclismo - Women (9 stickers)
• Campeones de la Vuelta a Colombia (20 stickers)
• Los mejores del resto del mundo - the best of the rest of the world (72 stickers)
• Camisetas - Jerseys (9 stickers)

Total number of stickers: 370