Ganna | |
Registered: | Italy |
Disbanded: | 1953 |
Discipline: | Road |
Bicycles: | Ganna |
Season: | 1913–1915 1922 1923 1924 1926 1927 1931–1932 1933–1940 1949 1950 1951–1953 |
Oldname: | Ganna Ganna–Dunlop Ganna Ganna–Dunlop Ganna Ganna–Dunlop Ganna–Dunlop Ganna Ganna–Ursus Ganna–Superga Ganna–Ursus |
Ganna was an Italian professional cycling team that existed in part between 1913 and 1953.[1] It was started by Luigi Ganna, winner of the general classification of the inaugural Giro d'Italia, and was sponsored by his bicycle and motorcycle manufacturing company.[2] [3] Whilst with the team, Fiorenzo Magni won the general classification of the 1951 Giro d'Italia. The team was the predecessor of the Nivea–Fuchs team.[4]