Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962) explained

Faema
Registered:Italy (1955–1956)
Belgium (1957–1961)
Spain (1962)
Disbanded:1962
Discipline:Road
Season:1955–1959
1960–1961
1961 Giro 2nd team
1962
Oldname:Faema–Guerra
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Faema was a professional cycling team that existed from 1955 to 1962.[1] [2] The team's main sponsor was espresso machine manufacturer Faema.[3] In 1963, the Faema and Flandria teams were merged.[4]

In 1964, Faema disappeared as a sponsor in the peloton, but they returned four years later as Faemino–Faema with great success, notably through Eddy Merckx (from 1968 to 1970).[5]

Major results

Source:[6]

1955 – Faema–Guerra

1956 – Faema–Guerra–Van Hauwaert

Stage 1 Willy Vannitsen

Stage 2a Rik Van Looy

Stage 2b T.T.T.

Stage 4, Salvador Botella

Stage 6, Jesús Galdeano

Stage 3, 5 & 6, Miguel Poblet

Stage 4, 8, 15 & 17, Miguel Poblet

Stage 7, 14 & 19, Charly Gaul

Tour de Suisse

Stage 1, 3 & 8, René Strehler

Stage 7, Fritz Schär

Stage 2, Charly Gaul

Stage 3, Willy Kemp

Stage 2, Willy Vannitsen

Stage 3 & 6, Rik Van Looy

Stage 5, Roger Verplaetse

Stage 2, 5, 6b, 8 & 9, Miguel Poblet

Stage 5, Vicente Iturat

1957 – Faema–Guerra

Stage 1, Miguel Bover

Stage 5, Andrés Trobat

Stage 8, Gabriel Company

Stage 3b & 5, Salvador Botella

Stage 4, Jesús Galdeano

Stage 3, Silvano Ciampi

Stage 2b, Alberto Emiliozzi

Stage 6a, Rik Van Looy

Stage 1, Roger Decock

Stage 2 & 3b, Rik Van Looy

Stage 5, Leon Vandaele

Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2b, Charly Gaul

Stage 3a & 3b, Rik Van Looy

Stage 2, Willy Schroeders

Stage 3a, Jos Hoevenaers

Stage 5, Gabriel Company

Stage 6, Salvador Botella

Stage 7, Santiago Mostajo Gutiérrez

1958 – Faema–Guerra–Clément

Stage 1, 4 & 8, Rik Van Looy

Stage 2, Roger Verplaetse

Stage 5a, Miguel Bover

Stage 5b & 6, Leon van Daele

Stage 7, Jozef Schils

Stage 2a, Rik Van Looy

Stage 3, Jozef Schils

Stage 1, Miguel Pacheco

Stage 2, Antonio Jiménez Quiles

Stage 4, 5b, 6, 9 & 10, Rik Van Looy

Stage 7, Gilbert Desmet

Stage 13a, Jesús Loroño

Stage 15 & 16, Rik Luyten

Gran Premio Ciclomotoristico delle Nazioni, Overall Jos Hoevenaers

Stage 4, Armando Pellegrini

Stage 3, Salvador Botella

Stage 4, Federico Bahamontes

Stage 6, Silvano Ciampi

Stage 14, Charly Gaul

Stage 8, 18, 21 & 23, Charly Gaul

Stage 14 & 20, Federico Bahamontes

Stage 4, Jos Schils

Stage 7, Rik Van Looy

1959 – Faema–Guerra

Stage 1, Anicet Utset

Stage 1b & 5, Jos Schils

Stage 1a, T.T.T.

Stage 2, 6 & 7, Rik Van Looy

Stage 3, Frans van Looveren

Stage 4, Hilaire Couvreur

Stage 1, Francisco Moreno Martínez

Stage 3, T.T.T.

Stage 1b, 8, 9 & 11, Rik Van Looy

Stage 6, Gabriel Mas

Stage 1, 5, 11 & 14, Rik Van Looy

1960 – Faema

Stage 1, Antonio Bertrán

Stage 5 & 7, Fernando Manzaneque

Stage 6, Gabriel Company

Stage 1, T.T.T.

Stage 2, Francisco Moreno Martínez

Stage 4b, Angelino Soler

Stage 5, Antonio Bertrán

Stage 7, Fernando Manzaneque

Stage 8, Salvador Botella

Stage 2, T.T.T.

Stage 5 & 8b, Rik Van Looy

Stage 1, Edgard Sorgeloos

Stage 2, Norbert Kerckhove

Stage 1, Antonio Suárez

Stage 2, Jesús Galdeano

Stage 4, Salvador Botella

G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa

Stage 1, Jesús Loroño

Stage 1, Antonio Suárez

Stage 1, T.T.T.

Stage 9, Salvador Botella

Stage 12, Jesús Galdeano

Stage 13, Federico Bahamontes

Stage 12, Antonio Suárez

Stage 4, Salvador Botella

Stage 7b, 8 & 11, Rik Van Looy

1961 – Faema

Stage 2, Antonio Gómez del Moral

Stage 3, Salvador Rosa Gómez

Stage 6 & 8, Salvador Botella

Stage 1, Gilbert Desmet

Stage 6b & 7, Rik Van Looy

Stage 5, Salvador Botella

Stage 6b, Antonio Suárez

Stage 1a, T.T.T.

Stage 5, Jesús Galdeano

Stage 6, Angelino Soler

Stage 12, Antonio Suárez

Stage 13, Francisco Moreno Martínez

Deutschland Tour Stage 5, Louis Proost

Stage 2, Roger Baens

Stage 6 & 7, Peter Post

Stage 3 & 19, Miguel Poblet

Stage 5, Louis Proost

Stage 7, Antonio Suárez

Stage 8, Piet van Est

Stage 13, 15 & 17, Rik Van Looy

Stage 2b, Antonio Suárez

Stage 6a, José Martín Colmenarejo

1962 – Faema

Stage 6, Juan Sánchez

1963 – Faema–Flandria

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faema - Guerra (1955). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Faema (1962). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 30 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Our tradition, our history. Faema. 30 January 2017.
  4. Web site: 1 December 2022 . De Flandria wielerploeg: opkomst en teloorgang . The Flandria cycling team: rise and fall . vintagefiets.be . nl.
  5. Web site: 22 July 2024 . De wielerploegen van Eddy Merckx . Eddy Merckx's cycling teams . cyclingteam-vlaanderen.be . nl.
  6. Web site: 8 December 2023 . Team Faema - Historic Overview . en.