Legnano (cycling team) explained

Legnano
Founded:1906
Disbanded:1966
Discipline:Road
Bicycles:Legnano
Season:1906–1908
1909
1910–1918
1919–1927
1928–1929
1930
1931–1932
1933
1934
1935–1936
1937–1945
1946–1951
1952
1953
1954–1958
1959
1960–1961
1962
1963–1965
1966
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Legnano was an Italian professional cycling team active from 1906 to 1966.[1] [2] It is ranked as the 6th most successful cycling team in history.[3] Many famous cyclists rode for the team including Alfredo Binda, Learco Guerra, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia 46 times, won the team classification 11 times and earned 135 stage wins. It was sponsored by Italian bicycle motorcycle manufacturer .

Major results

1906
  • No recorded wins
    1907
  • No recorded wins
    1908
  • Stage 4 Giro di Sicilia, Pierino Albini
    1909
  • Stages 1 & 8 Giro d'Italia, Dario Beni
  • Stage 3 & 6 Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Rossignoli
  • Roma, Dario Beni
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Dario Beni
    1910
  • Giro della Romagna, Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq
  • Paris–Brussels, Maurice Brocco
  • France National Road Race Championships, Émile Georget
  • Bordeaux–Paris, Émile Georget
  • Stage 1 Giro d'Italia, Ernesto Azzini
  • Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq
  • Stage 4 Giro d'Italia, Pierino Albini
  • Stage 3 Tour de France, Émile Georget
  • Stage 15 Tour de France, Ernesto Azzini
  • Coppa Val d'Olona, Henri Lignon
  • Imola, Luigi Azzini
  • Savona, Ernesto Azzini
    1911
  • Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Borgarello
  • Bologna, Clemente Canepari
    1912
  • Stages 2, 7, & 9 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Borgarello
  • Stage 3 Giro d'Italia, Ernesto Azzini
  • Stages 8 & 14 Tour de France, Vincenzo Borgarello
  • Corsa del Commercio, Ernesto Azzini
    1913
  • Milano–Torino, Giuseppe Azzini
  • Stages 2 & 9 Giro d'Italia, Eberardo Pavesi
  • Stages 4 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Azzini
  • Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Clemente Canepari
  • Belgium National Road Race Championships, Joseph Vandaele
  • Tour du Hainaut, Joseph Vandaele
    1914
  • Stages 7 & 8 Giro d'Italia, Pierino Albini
    1919
  • Tour of Flanders, Henri Van Lerberghe
  • Gran Fondo, La Seicento, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Italy National Track Championships (Individual Pursuit), Carlo Galetti
  • Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Stages 1 & 2, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Hooglede, Henri Van Lerberghe
  • Ham-sur-Heure, Lucien Buysse
    1920
  • Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Leopoldo Torricelli
  • Giro dell'Emilia, Giovanni Brunero
    1921
  • Giro del Piemonte, Giovanni Brunero
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Brunero
  • Stage 7, Giovanni Brunero
  • Tour du lac Léman, Franco Giorgetti
    1922
  • Milan–San Remo, Giovanni Brunero
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Brunero
  • Stage 4, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Stages 5 & 9, Bartolomeo Aimo
  • Stage 6, Pietro Linari
  • Stages 7 & 10, Giovanni Brunero
  • Stage 8, Luigi Annoni
  • Giro del Veneto, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Overall Giro della Provincia Milano, Giovanni Brunero
    1923
  • Giro della Romagna, Giovanni Brunero
  • Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Sivocci
  • Coppa Cavacciocchi, Giuseppe Enrici
  • Milano–Modena, Pietro Linari
  • Giro di Lombardia, Giovanni Brunero
    1925
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 1, Pietro Linari
  • Stage 6, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 8, Giovanni Brunero
  • Giro della Toscana, Nello Ciaccheri
  • Giro di Lombardia, Alfredo Binda
    1926
  • Giro del Piemonte, Alfredo Binda
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Brunero
  • Stages 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 8, Giovanni Brunero
  • Imola–San Marino, Ermanno Vallazza
  • Giro della Toscana, Alfredo Binda
  • Roma–Napoli–Roma, Alfredo Binda
  • Milano–Modena, Alfredo Binda
  • Giro di Lombardia, Alfredo Binda
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Alfredo Binda
  • Six Days of New York City, Six Days (a), Pietro Linari
    1927
  • Giro del Piemonte, Alfredo Binda
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 & 15, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 13, Giovanni Brunero
  • Giro della Toscana, Alfredo Binda
  • UCI Road World Championships, Road Race, Alfredo Binda
  • Giro di Lombardia, Alfredo Binda
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Alfredo Binda
    1928
  • Rund um Köln, Alfredo Binda
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11, Alfredo Binda
  • Predappio Alta–Roma, Alfredo Binda
  • Giro del Veneto, Alfredo Binda
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Alfredo Binda
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Battista Visconti
  • Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Felice Gremo
    1929
  • Stage 1 Giro di Sicilia, Albino Binda
  • Six Days of Dortmund, Alfredo Dinale
  • Milan–San Remo, Alfredo Binda
  • Giro della Romagna, Alfredo Binda
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 10 & 13, Mario Bianchi
  • Stages 11 & 14, Alfredo Dinale
  • Predappio Alta–Roma, Alfredo Binda
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Alfredo Binda
    1930
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Luigi Marchisio
  • Stages 2 & 14, Leonida Frascarelli
  • Stages 3 & 4, Luigi Marchisio
  • Stages 8 & 9 Tour de France, Alfredo Binda
  • UCI Road World Championships, Road Race, Alfredo Binda
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Albino Binda
    1931
  • Milan–San Remo, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 3 & 4 Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 14 Tour de France, Eugenio Gestri
  • Giro del Veneto, Aldo Canazza
  • Predappio Alta–Roma, Eugenio Gestri
  • Giro di Lombardia, Alfredo Binda
    1932
  • Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Remo Bertoni
  • UCI Road World Championships, Road Race, Alfredo Binda
    1933
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Alfredo Binda
  • Mountains classification, Alfredo Binda
  • Stages 2, 8, 9, 10, 13 & 17, Alfredo Binda
  • Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Luigi Macchi
    1934
  • Italy National Cyclo-cross Championships, Severino Canavesi
  • Cittiglio–Leffe, Remo Bertoni
  • Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Fabio Battesini
  • Stage 2 Giro del Lazio, Antonio Andretta
  • Stages 3 & 4 Giro del Lazio, Adalino Mealli
  • Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Adalino Mealli
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Severino Canavesi
    1935
  • Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Henri Puppo
  • Milano–Torino, Giovanni Gotti
  • Cremona, Fabio Battesini
  • Stage 7 Tour de France, Francesco Camusso
  • Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Adalino Mealli
  • Giro della Provincia Milano, Fabio Battesini
    1936
  • Nice–Mont Agel, Luigi Barral
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Gino Bartali
  • Mountains classification, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 4, Fabio Battesini
  • Stages 9, 17b & 18, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2 Giro del Lazio, Adalino Mealli
  • Giro di Lombardia, Gino Bartali
    1937
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Gino Bartali
  • Mountains classification, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 5a (TTT)
  • Stages 8a, 10, 16 & 17, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 8b, Raffaele Di Paco
  • Stage 9, Learco Guerra
  • Stage 7 Tour de France, Gino Bartali
  • Giro della Romagna, Osvaldo Bailo
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Gino Bartali
  • Giro del Piemonte, Gino Bartali
    1938

    Milano–Torino, Pierino Favalli

    Tre Valli Varesine, Gino Bartali

    Giro della Romagna, Pierino Favalli

    Overall Tour de France, Gino Bartali

    Mountains classification, Gino Bartali

    Stages 11 & 14, Gino Bartali

    Busto Arsizio, Secondo Magni

    Giro del Veneto, Secondo Magni

    1939
  • Milano–Torino, Pierino Favalli
  • Milan–San Remo, Gino Bartali
  • Giro della Toscana, Gino Bartali
  • Mountains classification Giro d'Italia, Gino Bartali
  • Stages 2, 9b, 15 & 17, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 14, Secondo Magni
  • Giro del Piemonte, Gino Bartali
  • Memorial Fausto Coppi, Fausto Coppi
  • Giro di Lombardia, Gino Bartali
    1940
  • Stage 2 GP Leptis-Magna, Gino Bartali
  • Milano–Torino, Pierino Favalli
  • Milan–San Remo, Gino Bartali
  • Giro della Toscana, Gino Bartali
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
  • Mountains classification, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2, Pierino Favalli
  • Stage 9, Primo Volpi
  • Stage 11, Fausto Coppi
  • Stages 17 & 19, Gino Bartali
  • Giro di Campania, Gino Bartali
  • Giro del Lazio, Gino Bartali
  • Giro di Lombardia, Gino Bartali
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Gino Bartali
    1941
  • Milan–San Remo, Pierino Favalli
  • Giro della Toscana, Fausto Coppi
  • Giro del Veneto, Fausto Coppi
  • Giro dell'Emilia, Fausto Coppi
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Fausto Coppi
  • Giro di Lombardia, Mario Ricci
    1942
  • Milano–Torino, Pietro Chiappini
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Fausto Coppi
  • Giro del Veneto, Pierino Favalli
  • Giro di Campania, Pierino Favalli
  • World hour record, Fausto Coppi
    1943
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Mario Ricci
    1944
  • No recorded wins
    1945
  • Pescara, Mario Ricci
  • Overall Giro del Lazio, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 1, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2, Mario Ricci
  • Giro di Campania, Gino Bartali
  • Giro di Lombardia, Mario Ricci
    1946
  • Circuito di San Rocco di Larciano (b), Aldo Bini
  • Trofeo Matteotti, Gino Bartali
  • Kampioenschap van Zürich, Gino Bartali
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Gino Bartali
  • Mountains classification, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 5b, Aldo Bini
  • Stage 7, Mario Ricci
  • Stage 10, Renzo Zanazzi
  • Overall Tour de Suisse, Gino Bartali
  • Stages 1, 5, 6 & 8, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2, Renzo Zanazzi
  • GP Jurassia, Gino Bartali
  • Marchienne-au-Pont, Gino Bartali
    1947
  • Milan–San Remo, Gino Bartali
  • Giro della Toscana, Bruno Pasquini
  • Stage 3b Tour de Romandie, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 4a Tour de Romandie, Mario Ricci
  • Mountains classification Giro d'Italia, Gino Bartali
  • Stages 1 & 5b, Renzo Zanazzi
  • Stages 2 & 15, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 10, Mario Ricci
  • Overall Tour de Suisse, Gino Bartali
  • Stages 1c & 2, Gino Bartali
    1948
  • GP Alghero, Adolfo Leoni
  • Giro della Toscana, Gino Bartali
  • Kampioenschap van Zürich, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Mario Ricci
  • Stages 5 & 8 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
  • Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Bruno Pasquini
  • Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Rossello
  • Overall Tour de France, Gino Bartali
  • Mountains classification, Gino Bartali
  • Stages 1, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 & 19, Gino Bartali
  • Stage 2, Vincenzo Rossello
  • Stages 18 & 21, Giovanni Corrieri
  • Blankenberge, Giovanni Corrieri
  • Bertrix, Gino Bartali
  • Milano–Rapallo, Enzo Nannini
  • Coppa Bernocchi, Virgilio Salimbeni
    1949
  • Giro del Piemonte, Adolfo Leoni
  • Stages 7, 9 & 13 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
  • Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Rossello
  • Medaglia d'Oro Città di Monza, Giorgio Albani
  • Stage 18 Tour de France, Vincenzo Rossello
  • Imola–San Marino, Renzo Soldani
  • Giro dell'Emilia, Virgilio Salimbeni
    1950
  • Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
  • Stage 2 Tour de France, Adolfo Leoni
  • Giro dell'Appennino, Renzo Soldani
  • Coppa Agostoni, Giorgio Albani
  • Giro di Lombardia, Renzo Soldani
  • Stage 1 Giro di Sicilia, Giorgio Albani
    1951
  • Sassari–Cagliari, Renzo Soldani
  • Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
  • Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Luciano Frosini
  • Trofeo Baracchi, Giuseppe Minardi
    1952
  • Giro di Campania, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Ceprano, Umberto Drei
  • Stages 1 & 7 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Albani
  • Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Rino Benedetti
  • Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Nino Defilippis
  • Giro dell'Appennino, Giorgio Albani
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Giro del Piemonte, Giorgio Albani
  • Giro di Lombardia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Trofeo Baracchi, Nino Defilippis
    1953
  • Staged 3b & 4 Giro di Sicilia, Rino Benedetti
  • Stage 1b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Giorgio Albani
  • Stage 2a Roma–Napoli–Roma, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Albani
  • Giro del Lazio, Giorgio Albani
  • Grottarossa, Giorgio Albani
  • GP Industria e Commercio di Prato, Rino Benedetti
  • Coppa Bernocchi, Giorgio Albani
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Nino Defilippis
    1954
  • Stage 1b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Giorgio Albani
  • Giro della Romagna, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Albani
  • Coppa Kaiser, Tranquillo Scudellaro
  • Giro dell'Appennino, Giorgio Albani
  • Tre Valli Varesine, Giorgio Albani
  • Stages 6a & 6b Tour of Belgium, Pietro Nascimbene
  • Coppa Sabatini, Rino Benedetti
    1955
  • Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Zucconelli
  • Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Albani
  • Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Minardi
  • Giro del Piemonte, Giuseppe Minardi
    1956
  • Sassari - Cagliari, Nello Fabbri
  • Stage 1 Giro di Sicilia, Vincenzo Zucconelli
  • Stage 1a Roma–Napoli–Roma, Vincenzo Zucconelli
  • Stages 16 & 20 Giro d'Italia, Giorgio Albani
  • Giro della Toscana, Nello Fabbri
  • Giro del Veneto, Giorgio Albani
  • GP von Basel, Giorgio Albani
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Giorgio Albani
    1957
  • Giro di Campania, Giorgio Albani
  • Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Ercole Baldini
  • Giro della Romagna, Ercole Baldini
  • Giro del Lazio, Ercole Baldini
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Ercole Baldini
  • Lugano Chrono, Ercole Baldini
  • Trofeo Baracchi, Ercole Baldini
    1958
  • Stages 3b & 6a Roma–Napoli–Roma, Ercole Baldini
  • Castrocaro Terme, Ercole Baldini
  • Overall Giro d'Italia, Ercole Baldini
  • Stages 2, 8, 15 & 17, Ercole Baldini
  • UCI Road World Championships, Road Race, Ercole Baldini
  • Italy National Road Race Championships, Ercole Baldini
  • Trofeo Baracchi, Ercole Baldini
    1959
  • No recorded wins
    1960
  • Milano–Torino, Arnaldo Pambianco
  • Mountains classification Tour de France, Imerio Massignan
  • Stages 7 & 16, Graziano Battistini
  • Coppa Sabatini, Graziano Battistini
    1961
  • Stage 4 Roma–Napoli–Roma, Graziano Battistini
  • Mountains classification Tour de France, Imerio Massignan
  • Stage 16, Imerio Massignan
  • Coppa Agostoni, Giovanni Bettinelli
    1962
  • Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Graziano Battistini
    1963

    Giro di Campania, Adriano Durante

    Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Adriano Durante

    Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Marino Vigna

    Giro del Piemonte, Adriano Durante

    Milano–Vignola, Adriano Durante

    Stages 1 & 5 Giro della Valle d’Aosta, Silvio Boni

    Giro del Lazio, Adriano Durante

    1964
  • Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Raffaele Marcoli
  • Giro della Romagna, Adriano Durante
    1965
  • Giro della Toscana, Luciano Sambi
    1966
  • No recorded wins

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Legnano (1906). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 11 February 2017.
    2. Web site: Legnano - Pirelli (1966). fr. Mémoire du cyclisme. 11 February 2017.
    3. Web site: Legnano . Cyclingranking.com . 16 April 2016.