HISTORY OF TRIUMPHS

1899 - Bianchi’s first international victory: Tommaselli wins Grand Prix of Paris, which later evolves into the Tour de France.

1911 - Carlo Galetti wins Giro d’Italia.

1920 - Gaetano Belloni wins Giro d’Italia.

1940 - The era of Fausto Coppi begins with his win in the Giro d’Italia. 1942 - Coppi sets the hour record.

1947 - Coppi is Pursuit World Champion and winner of the Giro d’Italia.

1949 - Coppi is Pursuit World Champion and winner of the Giro and of the Tour de France.

1952 - Coppi wins both the Giro d’Italia and of the Tour de France for the second time.

1953 - Coppi is Road-Cycling World Champion and winner of the Giro d’Italia.

1964 - Bianchi ceases motor vehicle production to concentrate on bicycles.

1965 - Felice Gimondi wins Tour de France.

1967 - Felice Gimondi wins Giro d’Italia.

1969 - Felice Gimondi again wins Giro d’Italia.

1973 - Felice Gimondi wins the Road-Cycling World Championship.

1976 - Felice Gimondi wins Giro d’Italia for the third time.

1980 - Gianbattista Baronchelli wins stage in Giro d’Italia.

1981 - Gianbattista Baronchelli repeats Giro d’Italia stage win.

1986 - Moreno Argentin is Road-Cycling World Champion.

1990 - Alexander Kiritchenko is World Kilo Champion.

1991 - Bruno Zanchi is Down-Hill Mountain Bike World Champion.

1992 - Gianni Bugno is Road-Cycling World Champion; Bianchi riders win 8 stages of the Giro d’Italia; Dario Acquaroli is Italian Mountain Bike Champion.

1993 - Mario Cipollini leads Tour de France on a Bianchi. Dario Acquaroli is Junior XC Mountain Bike World Champion.

1996 - Dario Acquaroli is Under 23 XC Mountain Bike World Champion.

1997 - Nadia De Negri is Italian Women’s XC Mountain Bike Champion, silver medalist in World Championship.

1998 - Marco Pantani wins both Giro d’Italia and Tour de France; Stefano Grazelli wins Tour of Switzerland; Marco Velo is Italian Time Trial Champion.

1999 - Marco Pantani wins 4 stages of the Giro; Gregory Vollet wins Sydney XC World Cup Mountain Bike race; Marco Velo repeats as Italian Time Trial Champion.

2000 - Jose Hermido is Under 23 XC Mountain Bike World Champion; Marco Pantani wins several Giro d’Italia and Tour de France stages.

2001- Marco Velo once again is Italian Time Trial Champion; Jose Hermida wins Napa XC World Cup race and is Spanish National XC Mountain Bike Champion and second overall, XC World Mountain Bike Cup; Julien Absalon is first overall in Durango XC World Cup Mountain Bike race; is French National XC Mountain Bike Champion and Under 23 XC Mountain Bike World Champion.

2002 - Jose Hermida is Spanish National and European XC Elite Mountain Bike Champion; Julien Absalon is French National and European XC Under 23 Mountain Bike Champion, repeats as Under 23 XC Mountain Bike World Champion; Alex Zülle wins Tour de Suisse; Stefan Adamson is Swedish National Road Champion.

 
   
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