Casati (company)
| Casati | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | 1920 |
| Seat |
Monza , Italy
|
| Branch | Bicycle frame |
| Website | www.ciclicasati.it |
Casati is an Italian manufacturer of racing bike , mountain bike and track frames based in Monza in Lombardy .
history
In 1920 the Italian cyclist Pietro Casati founded the company. Gianni Casati and his sons Massimo and Luca continue to run the family business today. Casati has long sponsored amateur road cycling. One of the riders supported was Gianni Bugno , who rode Casati bikes for several years. One of Bugno's Casati bikes is in the “ Museo del Ciclismo Madonna del Ghisallo ” cycling museum in Magreglio .
successes
In 1980, the later double world champion and Giro d'Italia winner Gianni Bugno won the Coppa d'Oro on a Casati racing bike. In 2008, Mychajlo Kononenko , who rides for the Danieli Cycling Team, won a stage in Polska-Ukraina and the overall ranking of the Mainfranken Tour . In 2010 Andrea Guardini, who rode for the Casati Ngc Perrel ASD team, won the third stage of the Baby Giro . In the UCI Europe Tour 2011 won for Team Casati Named Marco Zanotti (third and ninth stage Baby Giro), Cristian Rossi (Circuito del Porto - Trofeo Arvedi) and Cristiano Monguzzi ( Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ).
Teams
The following teams were equipped with Casati racing bikes:
- 2011
- Team Casati Named
- 2009-2010
- Casati Ngc Perrel ASD
- 2008
- Danieli Cycling Team
- 1995
- Tritech
- Powerbar Casati
literature
- Manuel Jekel (2007): Italian bicycle manufacturers , in: Tour , No. 10, pp. 25–33.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The cycling pages
- ^ Danieli Cycling Team with Casati bikes on the 57th International Mainfranken Tour , in: Main-Post, June 22, 2008