Carpano (cycling team) explained

Carpano
Registered:	Italy
Disbanded:	1966
Discipline:	Road
Season:	1956–1957 1958–1964 1965–1966
Oldname:	Carpano–Coppi Carpano Sanson
Kitimage:	Carpano-1960_jersey.png

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, Victor Wartel

1957

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, Stefano Gaggero

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, Stefano Gaggero

Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Colombo Cassano

Coppa Collecchio, Colombo Cassano

Trofeo Baracchi, Fausto Coppi

1958

Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna, Nino Defilippis

Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna, Germain Derycke

Milano–Torino, Agostino Coletto

Overall Paris–Nice, Fred De Bruyne

Stage 1, Pietro Nascimbene

Stage 4, Nino Defilippis

Stage 7, Giuseppe Favero

Stage 1 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Ernest Heyvaert

Tour of Flanders, Germain Derycke

Gent–Wevelgem, Gabriel Borra

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Joseph Planckaert

Stages 9 & 11 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis

Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Nino Defilippis

Overall Omloop van het Westen, Jan Adriaensens

Stages 2a & 2b, Jan Adriaensens

Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Désiré Keteleer

Giro del Piemonte, Nino Defilippis

Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt, Gabriel Borra

Stages 1, 6 & 7 Tour de l'Ouest, Nino Defilippis

Circuito Ciclistico di Ciriè, 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 Desgrange-Colombo, 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

Kapellen–Glabbeek, Louis Proost

GP Raf Jonckheere, Gilbert Desmet

Grote Prijs Marcel Kint, Gilbert Desmet

Giro del Ticino, Angelo Conterno

GP Briek Schotte, 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 Menton–Roma, Gilbert Desmet

Stage 1, Gilbert Desmet

Stage 3, Gastone Nencini

Stage 4a, Nino Defilippis

Omloop van de Fruitstreek, Martin Van Geneugden

Brussel–Charleroi–Brussel, Louis Proost

Roubaix–Cassel–Roubaix, Louis Proost

Omloop van Limburg Martin Van Geneugden

Stages 5 & 10 Giro d'Italia, Gastone Nencini

Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Walter Martin

GP Gemeente Kortemark, Gilbert Desmet

GP Briek Schotte, Gilbert Desmet

Stage 1 Brussel–Sint-Truiden, Willy Vannitsen

1961

Ronde van Limburg, Martin Van Geneugden

Milano–Torino, Walter Martin

Omloop van de Fruitstreek, Martin Van Geneugden

Omloop van Limburg, Willy Vannitsen

Stage 7 Roma–Napoli–Roma, Diego Ronchini

Stage 5 Deutschland Tour, Louis Proost

Stage 7 Deutschland Tour, Martin Van Geneugden

Omloop van Midden-Brabant, Willy Vannitsen

Stages 2 & 4a Tour of Belgium, Louis Proost

Omloop der drie Proviniciën, Michel Van Aerde

La Flèche Wallonne, Willy Vannitsen

Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Louis Proost

Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis

Overall Tour de Suisse, Attilio Moresi

Stage 5, Kurt Gimmi

Omloop van het Houtland, Florent Van Pollaert

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

National Road Race Championships, Nino Defilippis

Omloop van de Fruitstreek, Roger De Coninck

Omloop der drie Proviniciën, Gilbert Desmet 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

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, Giorgo Zancanaro

Coppa Agostoni, Italo Zilioli

1965

Stage 3 Giro d'Italia, Luciano Galbo

Stage 18 Giro d'Italia, Italo Zilioli

Giro del Ticino, 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, Mario da Dalt

Coppa Bernocchi, Raffaele Marcoli

Notes and References

Web site: Carpano - Coppi (1956). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
Web site: Carpano (1964). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
Web site: Carpano (1958). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
Web site: Sanson (1965). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
Web site: Sanson (1966). French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
Web site: Giro d'Italia roll of honour . . 7 March 2017 .