Carpano (cycling team)

Carpano

The Carpano team of 1959
Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1956 (1956)
Disbanded	1966
Discipline	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. 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. For the final two years, 1956 and 1966, Italian food producer Sanson took over the sponsorship. Whilst with Carpano, Franco Balmamion won the general classification of the Giro d'Italia in 1962 and 1963.