I looked pretty carefully at that bike and it's a real question mark.
The headbadge, the decals and the paint job are '89/'90 Bottecchia but the fork, the frame and the everything else about it isn't up to snuff.
I remember that there was a local (San Francisco) painter who was painting old junk bikes (mid-range Japanese bikes) in LeMond colors to sell them about that time.
I imagine that's similar to what you have there.
YOU weren't misrepresenting the bike. And 26" wheels or not it is little more than a cyclocross bike anyway.