Bianchi (cycling team)

Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team that was sponsored by and cycled on Bianchi Bicycles. A Bianchi cycling team existed in 1899 which implies that Bianchi was sponsoring professional cycling at a very early stage in the sport. It appears that the team existed from 1899 to 1900, then from 1905 to 1966, then from 1973 until 1984. It existed again in 1993 and for the last time in 2003, as Team Bianchi. In addition Bianchi has been a co-sponsor of many cycling teams.

Bianchi
The Bianchi team of 1952
Team information
UCI codeBIA
RegisteredItaly
Founded1899 (1899)
Disbanded2003
Discipline(s)Road
StatusRetired
BicyclesBianchi
Team name history
1899–1900
1905–1908
1909
1910–1913
1914
1915–1918
1919–1920
1921
1922
1923–1926
1927–1928
1928
1929–1932
1933–1948
1949–1950
1951–1959
1960–1964
1965–1966
1973–1977
1978–1979
1980–1984
1985–1986
1987–1989
1993
2003
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Bianchi–Pirelli
Bianchi
Bianchi–Dei
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Bianchi–Pirelli
Bianchi–Dunlop
Bianchi–Salga
Bianchi
Bianchi–Pirelli
Mirandola–Bianchi–Pirelli
Bianchi–Pirelli
Bianchi
Bianchi–Ursus
Bianchi–Pirelli
Bianchi
Bianchi–Mobylette
Bianchi–Campagnolo
Bianchi–Faema
Bianchi–Piaggio
Sammontana–Bianchi
Gewiss–Bianchi
Bianchi–Freetime
Team Bianchi
Bianchi (cycling team) jersey
Jersey

History

The Bianchi–Pirell team of the 1911 Giro d'Italia

In 1899 Giovanni Tommaselli won the first international cycling victory for Bianchi at the world championship of track racing: the Grand Prix of Paris.[1] During the existence of the Bianchi team in Italy in 1919-1920, Bianchi was also a co-sponsor of a French team that was called Peugeot-Bianchi-Pirelli which according to a historical cycling website, the team rode on Peugeot bikes.[2] It is possible that this team rode on Bianchi bikes in Italy.

The team had many famous cyclists on the team over the course of its existence. In 1945, Fausto Coppi joined the team and would stay with the team until 1956 and 1958. It has been said that the team of the mid 1940s was built around Coppi.[3] During this time the Tour de France was disputed by national teams and Coppi won the Tour in 1949 and 1952. Coppi won the Giro d'Italia for the team in 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953. Coppi became the first cyclist in history to achieve the Giro-Tour double. For which it was suggested at the time that he was the greatest cyclist ever seen.[4] During this time, the directeur sportifs were Giovanni Tragella and Franco Aguggini.

In the seventies, Bianchi returned as main sponsor to the peloton in the Bianchi-Campagnolo team that contained the 1972 and 1973 world champions Marino Basso and Felice Gimondi. This team was the continuation of the Salvarani team that Gimondi had started his career with and which, in 1972, was directed by 1965 Giro d'Italia champion and 1968 World Champion Vittorio Adorni who had retired from professional racing just two years previously. Adorni directed the Bianchi-Campagnolo team with Giancarlo Ferretti in 1973. Ferretti took over as the main directeur sportif of the team the following year. This team also included the four-time winner of the Vuelta a Colombia Martin Emilio Rodriguez who won stages in the Giro d'Italia.

Finally Team Bianchi was main sponsor when German Jan Ullrich challenged American Lance Armstrong in the Centenary edition of the Tour de France.[n 1]

After the cycling season of 2003 ended, Bianchi became co-sponsor of the Alessio-Bianchi team and again they were a co-sponsor of the Liquigas-Bianchi team for the 2005 season. In 2005 Bianchi also became the co-sponsor of the Norwegian cycling team Team Maxbo Bianchi, a continental cycling team, with whom they co-sponsored until the end of the 2010 season.[5] In October 2011, it was announced that Bianchi would be the bike sponsor of the Vancansoleil-DCM team on a two-year contract from 2012 [6] Since 2014, Bianchi is the supplier of Team Jumbo-Visma.

Bianchi became involved in sponsorship in Mountain biking in the early nineties. Bruno Zanchi won the first World Championship for Bianchi in 1991 in the downhill speciality. Two years later, Dario Acquaroli became World Champion in cross country for Bianchi.[7] From 2000 to 2006, the Bianchi MTB (Bianchi-Motorex and Bianchi-Agos) team dominated the sport with José Antonio Hermida and multiple World Champion Julien Absalon.[8] In 2007 the team was renamed Gewiss-Bianchi.[9]

Major road wins

Major results

1899
No recorded wins
1900
No recorded wins
1905
Milano–Torino, Giovanni Rossignoli
1906
Coppa Val d'Olona, Luigi Ganna
Milano–Modena, Anteo Carapezzi
Giro di Lombardia, Cesare Brambilla
1907
Giro del Piemonte, Giovanni Gerbi
Gran Fondo La Seicento, Giovanni Gerbi
Coppa Val d'Olona, Giovanni Rossignoli
Coppa Savona, Giovanni Gerbi
Milano–Firenze, Giovanni Gerbi
Roma–Napoli–Roma, Giovanni Gerbi
1908
Coppa Savona, Giovanni Cuniolo
Tre Coppe Parabiago, Clemente Canepari
Italy National Road Race Championship, Giovanni Cuniolo
Milano–Modena, Giovanni Cuniolo
1909
Stages 1 & 8 Giro d'Italia, Dario Beni
Stages 3 & 6 Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Rossignoli
Corsa Audax Roma, Dario Beni
Giro di Liguria, Piero Lampaggi
Coppa Val d'Olona, Mario Bruschera
Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma, Giovanni Gerbi
Italy National Road Race Championship, Dario Beni
1910
Giro del Piemonte, Vincenzo Borgarello
Coppa Bastogi: Giovanni Cuniolo
Stages 3 & 5 Ai mari ai laghi ai monti, Mario Bruschera
Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma, Mario Bruschera
Stages 1 & 2, Mario Bruschera
Giro degl'Alpi Orobie, Giovanni Cuniolo
Giro Colli Laziali, Dario Beni
1911
Giro del Piemonte, Mario Bruschera
Overall Giro d'Italia, Carlo Galetti
Stages 1, 4 & 10, Carlo Galetti
Stage 3, Giovanni Rossignoli
Stage 7, Dario Beni
Tre Coppe Parabiago, Carlo Galetti
Stage 3 Torino–Firenze–Roma, Dario Beni
Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma, Dario Beni
Stage 2, Dario Beni
Italy National Road Race Championship, Dario Beni
1912
Roma–Frosinone–Anzio–Roma, Gino Brizzi
Giro della Romagna, Dario Beni
Overall Giro di Campania, Gino Brizzi
Stages 1 & 2, Gino Brizzi
Overall Giro d'Italia, Giovanni Micheletto & Eberardo Pavesi
Stages 1 & 8, Giovanni Micheletto
La Spezia–Salsomaggiore–La Spezia, Giuseppe Santhia
Roma–Napoli–Roma, Dario Beni
1913
No recorded wins
1914
Milan–San Remo, Ugo Agostoni
Stage 4 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Azzini
Giro della Romagna, Giovanni Cervi
Giro di Lombardia, Lauro Bordin
1915
Milano–Torino, Costante Girardengo
1916
No recorded wins
1917
Milan–San Remo, Gaetano Belloni
Stage 1 Giro della Provincia Milano, Gaetano Belloni
Milano–Torino, Oscar Egg
Giro dell'Emilia, Angelo Gremo
Milano–Modena, Oscar Egg
1918
Milan–San Remo, Costante Girardengo
Giro dell'Emilia, Costante Girardengo
Stage 1 Milano–Bologna–Roma, Marcel Godivier
Milano–Torino, Gaetano Belloni
Milano–Modena, Gaetano Belloni
Giro di Lombardia, Gaetano Belloni
GP Chiusura, Lauro Bordin
1919
Stage 1 Circuit des Champs de Bataille, Oscar Egg
Stage 5 Circuit des Champs de Bataille, Jean Alavoine
Stage 3 Giro d'Italia, Oscar Egg
Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Gaetano Belloni
Stages 4, 5, 7, 8 & 15 Tour de France, Jean Alavoine
Stages 12 & 13 Tour de France, Luigi-Natale Lucotti
GP Sporting, Jean Alavoine
1920
Six Days of Brussel, Marcel Buysse
Milan–San Remo : Gaetano Belloni
Nice–Mont Agel : Henri Pélissier
GP de la Loire : Henri Pélissier
 France National Road Race Championships, Jean Alavoine
Stage 1 Giro della Provincia Milano : Gaetano Belloni & Giuseppe Azzini
Overall Giro d'Italia, Gaetano Belloni
Stage 1, Giuseppe Oliveri
Stages 2, 3 & 7, Gaetano Belloni
Stage 4 & 6, Jean Alavoine
Stage 8, Ugo Agostoni
Overall Tour du Sud-Est, Francis Pélissier
Stages 1, 3 & 4, Francis Pélissier
Paris–Brussels, Henri Pélissier
Stages 3 & 4 Tour de France, Henri Pélissier
GP Sporting, Henri Pélissier & Francis Pélissier
Circuit des Champs de Bataille, Henri Pélissier
Giro di Lombardia, Henri Pélissier
1921
No recorded wins
1922
GP de La Bordeta, Pedro Escrich
1923
No recorded wins
1924
Coppa Cavacciocchi, Nello Ciaccheri
Milan–Modena, Nello Ciaccheri
1925
No recorded wins
1926
No recorded wins
1927
Stage 4 Giro d'Italia, Domenico Piemontesi
Stage 11 Giro d'Italia, Arturo Bresciani
Giro dell'Emilia, Domenico Piemontesi
Milano–Modena, Domenico Piemontesi
1928
Stages 1, 6, 7, 9 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Domenico Piemontesi
Groβer Sachsenpreis, Domenico Piemontesi
UCI Amateur Road World Championships, Allegro Grandi
Giro dell'Emilia, Alfonso Piccin
Stage 4 Volta a Catalunya, Carlo Porzio
Circuit de Champagne, Aimé Dossche
Hekelgem Criterium, Aimé Dossche
1929
Six days of Chicago, Gaetano Belloni
Stage 1 Giro d'Italia, Gaetano Belloni
Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Domenico Piemontesi
Giro dell'Emilia, Allegro Grandi
Roma–Napoli–Roma, Gaetano Belloni
1930
Six days of New York City, Gaetano Belloni
Milan–San Remo, Michele Mara
Stages 1, 9, 10, 12 & 15 Giro d'Italia, Michele Mara
Stage 5 Giro d'Italia, Domenico Piemontesi
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Allegro Grandi
Overall Torino–Brussel, Allegro Grandi
Stage 1, Allegro Grandi
Stage 2, Michele Mara
Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma, Michele Mara
Stages 1 & 2, Michele Mara
Giro di Lombardia, Michele Mara
1931
Stages 5 & 9 Giro d'Italia, Michele Mara
Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Ambrogio Morelli
1932
Milan–San Remo, Alfredo Bovet
Circuito Castelli Romani, Michele Mara
Overall Barcelona–Madrid, Luigi Marchisio
Stage 4, Luigi Marchisio
1933
Stages 4 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Olmo
Overall Volta a Catalunya, Alfredo Bovet
Stages 3 & 9, Alfredo Bovet
Stage 5, Ambrogio Morelli
Tre Valli Varesine, Alfredo Bovet
Pistoia–Prunetta, Remo Bertoni
1934
Nice–Mont Agel, Luigi Barral
Stages 13, 16 & 17 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Olmo
Piacenza Criterium, Pietro Rimoldi
Brasschaat Criterium, Raffaele Di Paco
Coppa Bernocchi, Pietro Rimoldi
1935
Milan–San Remo, Giuseppe Olmo
Stages 5a, 12, 15 & 16 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Olmo
Marina di Massa, Giuseppe Olmo
GP Cinquantenario, Giuseppe Olmo
Poperinge Criterium, Jef Demuysere
Coppa Collecchio, Pietro Rimoldi
World hour record, Giuseppe Olmo
1936
Ferrara Criterium, Giuseppe Olmo
Giro dell'Emilia, Giuseppe Olmo
Stages 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15b, 16, 17a & 19 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Olmo
Stage 2 Giro d'Italia, Aldo Bini
Giro del Piemonte, Aldo Bini
Italy National Road Race Championship, Giuseppe Olmo
1937
Milano–Torino, Giuseppe Martano
Stages 3 & 4b Paris–Nice, Giuseppe Martano
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Olmo
Stages 13, 14 & 19 Giro d'Italia, Aldo Bini
Giro di Lombardia, Aldo Bini
1938
Milan–San Remo, Giuseppe Olmo
Overall Giro di Campania, Giuseppe Olmo
Stage 1, Giuseppe Olmo
Stage 2, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 4b Giro d'Italia, Walter Generati
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Diego Marabelli
Torino–Ceriale, Giuseppe Olmo
1939
Stage 1 Giro d'Italia, Vasco Bergamaschi
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Diego Marabelli
Giro del Veneto, Adolfo Leoni
1940
Overall GP Leptis-Magna, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 1, Adolfo Leoni
Bologna–Passo della Raticosa, Vito Ortelli
Giro del Piemonte, Cino Cinelli
Stages 1, 8, 10 & 13 Giro d'Italia, Olimpio Bizzi
Stages 4, 5, 12 & 20 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
Stages 15 & 16 Giro d'Italia, Mario Vicini
Tre Valli Varesine, Cino Cinelli
Giro dell'Emilia, Osvaldo Bailo
1941
Giro della Toscana, Fausto Coppi
Giro del Veneto, Fausto Coppi
Italy National Road Race Championship, Adolfo Leoni
Giro del Piemonte, Aldo Bini
Gran Fondo, La Seicento, Aldo Bini
Giro dell'Emilia, Fausto Coppi
Gorizia–Ljubjana–Trieste–Gorizia, Olimpio Bizzi
Trento–Monte Bondone, Giovanni De Stefanis
Tre Valli Varesine, Fausto Coppi
1942
Milan–San Remo, Adolfo Leoni
Giro della Toscana, Vito Ortelli
Giro dell'Emilia, Adolfo Leoni
Italy National Road Race Championship, Fausto Coppi
Trento–Monte Bondone, Giovanni De Stefanis
Giro del Piemonte, Fiorenzo Magni
Giro di Lombardia, Aldo Bini
World hour record, Fausto Coppi
1943
Milan–San Remo, Cino Cinelli
Giro della Toscana, Olimpio Bizzi
1944
No recorded wins
1945
Tre Valli Varesine, Adolfo Leoni
1946
Milan–San Remo, Fausto Coppi
Giro della Romagna, Fausto Coppi
Stage 3 Giro d'Italia, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 4b, 13 & 14 Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Aldo Baito
Stage 1 Monaco–Paris, Aldo Baito
Stages 4 & 5 Monaco–Paris, Adolfo Leoni
Grand Prix des Nations , Fausto Coppi
Giro dell'Emilia, Adolfo Leoni
Coppa Agostoni, Luigi Casola
Giro di Lombardia, Fausto Coppi
1947
Giro della Romagna, Fausto Coppi
Overall Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Stages 4, 8 & 16, Fausto Coppi
Stages 14, 17 & 19, Adolfo Leoni
Stage 5b Tour de Suisse, Fausto Coppi
Giro del Veneto, Fausto Coppi
Italy National Road Race Championship, Fausto Coppi
Grand Prix des Nations, Fausto Coppi
A Travers Lausanne, Fausto Coppi
Giro dell'Emilia, Fausto Coppi
Giro di Lombardia, Fausto Coppi
1948
Milan–San Remo, Fausto Coppi
Mountains classification Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Stage 11, Désiré Keteleer
Stages 12 & 14, Oreste Conte
Stage 13, Bruno Pasquini
Stages 16 & 17, Fausto Coppi
Roubaix–Huy, Désiré Keteleer
Circuit des régions frontalières Mouscron, Désiré Keteleer
Tre Valli Varesine, Fausto Coppi
Giro dell'Emilia, Fausto Coppi
Giro di Lombardia, Fausto Coppi
1949
No recorded wins
1950
No recorded wins
1951
Stage 2b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Loretto Petrucci
Stages 6 & 18 Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Giro della Toscana, Loretto Petrucci
Stage 20 Tour de France, Fausto Coppi
Stage 7 Tour of Belgium, Donato Piazza
Brasschaat Criterium, Fausto Coppi
GP de Lugano, Fausto Coppi
1952
Milano–Torino, Aldo Bini
Milan–San Remo : Loretto Petrucci
Stage 2 Tour de Romandie : Andrea Carrea
Overall Tour du Maroc, Franco Giacchero
Stages 2, 5 & 6, Donato Piazza
Overall Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Mountains classification, Raphaël Géminiani
Stage 4, Désiré Keteleer
Stages 5, 11 & 14, Fausto Coppi
Stage 18, Pasquale Fornara
Overall Tour de Suisse, Pasquale Fornara
Stage 1, Désiré Keteleer
Stages 5 & 7, Pasquale Fornara
Olympic Games Track Championships (Team Pursuit), Mino De Rossi
Overall Tour de France, Fausto Coppi
Mountains classification, Fausto Coppi
Stages 7, 10, 11, 18 & 21, Fausto Coppi
Stages 8 & 17, Raphaël Géminiani
Herve, Andrea Carrea
GP Lugano, Fausto Coppi
Overall GP Mediterraneo, Fausto Coppi
Stages 1 & 6b, Fausto Coppi
1953
Milan–San Remo, Loretto Petrucci
Belmonte Piceno, Michele Gismondi
Paris–Brussels, Loretto Petrucci
Overall Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Stages 4, 19 & 20, Fausto Coppi
Stages 5, Ettore Milano
Stage 11 (TTT)
Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné, Raphaël Géminiani
 France National Road Race Championships, Raphaël Géminiani
Moulins-Engilbert, Raphaël Géminiani
Hanret Criterium, Loretto Petrucci
Overpelt Criterium, Jozef Schils
Wezembeek-Oppem, Désiré Keteleer
Vilvoorde, Jozef Schils
GP du Brabant Wallon, Jozef Schils
GP Beeckman-De Caluwé - Ninove Individueel, Jozef Schils
Londerzeel, Jozef Schils
UCI Amateurs Road World Championships, Riccardo Filippi
UCI Road World Championships, Fausto Coppi
Nielse Pijl, Jozef Schils
Circuit Hesbaye - Condroz, Jozef Schils
Paris–Tours, Jozef Schils
Nationale Sluitingsprijs, Jozef Schils
Desgrange-Colombo, Loretto Petrucci
Trofeo Baracchi, Riccardo Filippi & Fausto Coppi
1954
Stage 3 Paris–Nice, Fausto Coppi
Ronde van Haspengouw, Jozef Schils
Stage 2b Driedaagse van Antwerpen, Wout Wagtmans
Stage 3a Driedaagse van Antwerpen, Rik Van Looy
Vijfbergenomloop, Jan De Valck
Grand Prix Printanier, Jozef Schils
Stage 4a Roma–Napoli–Roma, Fausto Coppi
Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta, Wout Wagtmans
Lauwe, Rik Van Looy
Ronde van Brabant, Jan De Valck
Brussels–Couvin, Jozef Schils
GP Stad Antwerpen, Rik Van Looy
Brussels–Bost, Jozef Schils
Mountains classification Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Stages 1 & 20, Fausto Coppi
Stages 13 & 19, Wout Wagtmans
Omloop van het Westen, Jan De Valck
Sint-Niklaas, Criterium, Jan De Valck
Oplinter Criterium, Jozef Schils
Stage 1 Tour de France, Wout Wagtmans
Baasrode Criterium, Jan De Valck
Vilvoorde, Jan De Valck
Roubaix–Huy, Rik Van Looy
Giro di Campania, Fausto Coppi
Stages 2 & 4 Tour de Suisse, Fausto Coppi
Drie Zustersteden, Jozef Schils
GP Lucien Van Impe : Désiré Keteleer
Riemst Criterium, Jozef Schils
Coppa Bernocchi, Fausto Coppi
Giro di Lombardia, Fausto Coppi
Trofeo Baracchi, Fausto Coppi
Trofeo Baracchi, Riccardo Filippi
1955
Giro di Campania, Fausto Coppi
Stages 4 & 5a Roma–Napoli–Roma, Michele Gismondi
Stage 5b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Fausto Coppi
Stage 20 Giro d'Italia, Fausto Coppi
Houdeng-Goegnies, Fausto Coppi
Giro dell'Appennino, Fausto Coppi
Italy National Road Race Championship, Fausto Coppi
Tre Valli Varesine, Fausto Coppi
Trofeo Baracchi, Fausto Coppi
Trofeo Baracchi, Riccardo Filippi
Napoli, Fausto Coppi
1956
No recorded wins
1957
No recorded wins
1958
No recorded wins
1959
No recorded wins
1960
Stage 3 Giro di Sicilia, Antonio Dal Col
Giro del Veneto, Diego Ronchini
Calvisano, Tonino Domenicali
Coppa Agostoni, Pietro Chiodini
Trofeo Baracchi, Diego Ronchini
1961
Stage 6b Roma–Napoli–Roma, Antonio Bailetti
Nyon, Antonio Bailetti
Giro del Lazio, Bruno Mealli
1962
Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Bruno Mealli
Stage 8 Volta a Catalunya, Bruno Mealli
Giro dell'Emilia, Bruno Mealli
1963
No recorded wins
1964
No recorded wins
1965
Giro del Piemonte, Romeo Venturelli
Giro della Romagna, Dino Zandegu
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Luciano Armani
Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Bruno Mealli
Coppa Sabatini, Luciano Armani
1966
Trofeo Laigueglia : Antonio Bailetti
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Dino Zandegu
Stage 2, Dino Zandegu
Stages 10 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Dino Zandegu
GP Città di Camaiore, Bruno Mealli
Giro dell'Emilia, Carmine Preziosi

Notes

  1. This team is dealt with in more detail in separate article, Team Bianchi.
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References

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  2. "Peugeot-Bianchi-Pirelli 1919". de wielersite. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  3. "News Aug 3 1998, Interview with Felice Gimondi". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  4. "Coppi le plus grand routier de tous les temps?". L'équipe. July 26, 1949. page 1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  6. "Legend". Bianchi.it. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
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