Magniflex (cycling team)

Magniflex (also Magniflex-Torpado and Magniflex-Famcucine ) was an Italian cycling team that existed from 1973 to 1981 and 1986-1987. It was sponsored by the Italian mattress manufacturer Magniflex .

Team managers included Primo Franchini and Franco Cribiori .

Known drivers

Franco Ballerini (1986–1987) Mariano Basso (1975) Cesare Cipollini (1978, 1986) Pierino Gavazzi (1980-1981)

Rodolfo Massi (1987) Gianni Motta (1974) Gösta Pettersson (1974) Alfio Vandi (1976–1979)

Greatest successes

classic

• Milan – San Remo
  • 1980 (Gavazzi)
• Milan – Turin
  • 1979 (Vandi)
• Paris-Brussels
  • 1980 (Gavazzi)

Round trips

• Giro d'Italia
  • 1976 : 22nd stage (part 2) ( Daniele Tinchella ); (Vandi)
  • 1977 : 12th and 20th stage ( Wilmo Francioni ); 13th stage ( Giancarlo Tartoni )
  • 1979 : 18th stage ( Amilcare Sgalbazzi )
  • 1979 : 2nd stage ( Paolo Rosola ), 11th stage ( Giovanni Renosto ), 23rd stage (part 1) (Gavazzi)
• Vuelta a España
  • 1975 : 4th, 6th, 8th – 10th Stage, Stage 11 (Part 2) (Basso)
  • 1977 : 12th stage ( Giuseppe Perletto )
• Tour de Suisse
  • 1974: 2nd stage (part 2) ( Fabrizio Fabbri )
  • 1975: 2nd stage ( Ottavio Crepaldi )
• Tirreno-Adriatico
  • 1975: 2nd stage (part 2) ( Italo Zilioli )
  • 1976: 1st stage (Perletto)
  • 1977: 1st stage (Vandi)
  • 1981: 1st stage ( Marino Amadori )