Carpano (cycling team)

For other cycling teams known as Sanson, see Sanson (cycling team).
Carpano
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]

  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.