Carpano (cycling team)

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Carpano
Carpano cycling team 1959.jpg
The Carpano team of 1959
Team information
RegisteredItaly
Founded1956 (1956)
Disbanded1966
Discipline(s)Road
Team name history
1956–1957
1958–1964
1965–1966
Carpano–Coppi
Carpano
Sanson

Carpano was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1956 to 1966. The team's main sponsor between 1956 and 1964 was the Turin-based wine company Carpano, with Fausto Coppi's bicycle company Coppi a co-sponsor for the first two seasons.[1][2] When Carpano took sole sponsorship of the team, the team adopted black and white striped jerseys similar to the shirts worn by Turin's Juventus Football Club.[3] For the final two years, 1965 and 1966, Italian food producer Sanson took over the sponsorship.[4][5] Whilst with Carpano, Franco Balmamion won the general classification of the Giro d'Italia in 1962 and 1963.[6]

Major wins[]

1956
Milano–Torino, Ferdi Kübler
Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Pietro Nascimbene
Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné, Jacques Dupont
Stage 2 Eisden,
1957
 Germany National Cyclo-cross Championships, Günther Debusmann
Stage 1 Paris–Nice, Désiré Keteleer
Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Jan Adriaensens
Tour of Flanders Fred De Bruyne
Paris–Roubaix, Fred De Bruyne
Stage 3 Roma–Napoli–Roma,
Stage 4 Roma–Napoli–Roma, Michele Gismondi
Stage 8b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Fred De Bruyne
Stage 7 Vuelta a España, Jan Adriaensens
Stage 3 Tour de Suisse,
Stage 7 Tour de Suisse,
,
Trofeo Baracchi, Fausto Coppi
1958
Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna, Nino Defilippis
Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna, Germain Derycke
Milano–Torino, Agostino Coletto
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Paris–Nice, Fred De Bruyne
Stage 1, Pietro Nascimbene
Stage 4, Nino Defilippis
Stage 7, Giuseppe Favero
Stage 1 Dwars door Vlaanderen,
Tour of Flanders, Germain Derycke
Gent–Wevelgem,
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Joseph Planckaert
Stages 9 & 11 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis
Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Nino Defilippis
Overall , Jan Adriaensens
Stages 2a & 2b, Jan Adriaensens
Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Désiré Keteleer
Giro del Piemonte, Nino Defilippis
,
Stages 1, 6 & 7 Tour de l'Ouest, Nino Defilippis
, Giuseppe Favero
Stage 1 part a Giro del Lazio : Nino Defilippis
Overall Giro del Lazio, Nino Defilippis
Stage 1a, Nino Defilippis
Stage 1b (TTT)
Overall , Fred De Bruyne
Giro di Lombardia, Nino Defilippis
1959
Stage 10 Paris–Nice, Michel Van Aerde
Stage 2 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Julien Schepens
Luik–Bastenaken–Luik, Fred De Bruyne
Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Angelo Conterno
Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Gastone Nencini
Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis
, Louis Proost
, Gilbert Desmet
Grote Prijs Marcel Kint, Gilbert Desmet
, Angelo Conterno
, Gilbert Desmet
Overall Meulebeke, Gilbert Desmet
Stage 1b, Gilbert Desmet
1960
Ronde van Limburg, Willy Vannitsen
Stage 1 Paris–Nice, Yvo Molenaers
Stage 3Paris–Nice, Gilbert Desmet
Overall , Gilbert Desmet
Stage 1, Gilbert Desmet
Stage 3, Gastone Nencini
Stage 4a, Nino Defilippis
, Martin Van Geneugden
, Louis Proost
, Louis Proost
Martin Van Geneugden
Stages 5 & 10 Giro d'Italia, Gastone Nencini
Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Walter Martin
, Gilbert Desmet
, Gilbert Desmet
Stage 1 , Willy Vannitsen
1961
Ronde van Limburg, Martin Van Geneugden
Milano–Torino, Walter Martin
, Martin Van Geneugden
, Willy Vannitsen
Stage 7 Roma–Napoli–Roma, Diego Ronchini
Stage 5 Deutschland Tour, Louis Proost
Stage 7 Deutschland Tour, Martin Van Geneugden
, Willy Vannitsen
Stages 2 & 4a Tour of Belgium, Louis Proost
, Michel Van Aerde
La Flèche Wallonne, Willy Vannitsen
Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Louis Proost
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Suisse, Attilio Moresi
Stage 5, Kurt Gimmi
Omloop van het Houtland,
Tre Valli Varesine, Willy Vannitsen
Giro dell'Emilia Diego Ronchini
1962
Stages 2 & 6 Giro di Sardegna, Antonio Bailetti
Milano–Torino, Franco Balmamion
Stage 1b Tour of Belgium, Michel Van Aerde
 Italy National Road Race Championships, Nino Defilippis
,
, Gilbert Desmet
Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia, Franco Balmamion
Stage 4 Antonio Bailetti
Stage 19 , Giuseppe Sartore
Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Gilbert Desmet
Stage 9 Tour de France, Antonio Bailetti
Stages 1 & 3 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Italo Zilioli
1963
Stage 3a Tour de Romandie, Giuseppe Sartore
Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia, Franco Balmamion
Stages 5, 6, & 17, Mino Bariviera
Stage 7, Nino Defilippis
Stage 21, Antonio Bailetti
Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Italo Zilioli
Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Loris Guernieri
Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Kurt Gimmi
Stage 5 Tour de France, Antonio Bailetti
Giro dell'Emilia, Italo Zilioli
1964
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Mino Bariviera
Stage 13 Giro d'Italia,
Coppa Agostoni, Italo Zilioli
1965
Stage 3 Giro d'Italia, Luciano Galbo
Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Italo Zilioli
, Italo Zilioli
1966
Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Raffaele Marcoli
Stages 5 & 22 Giro d'Italia, Mino Bariviera
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Raffaele Marcoli
Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Carlo Chiappano
Stages 3 & 5 Tour de Suisse,
Coppa Bernocchi, Raffaele Marcoli

References[]

  1. ^ "Carpano - Coppi (1956)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Carpano (1964)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Carpano (1958)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Sanson (1965)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Sanson (1966)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Giro d'Italia roll of honour". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

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