Pinarello

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Pinarello
legal form Spa
founding 1952
Seat Treviso, ItalyItalyItaly 
Branch Cycles
Website www.pinarello.com

Pinarello by Jan Ullrich
Frame by the German company Epple labeled on Pinarello
Pinarello "Veneto" racing frame from Columbus "Aelle"
Pinarello racing bike from the 90s

Cicli Pinarello SpA is an Italian bicycle manufacturer based in Treviso , Italy . The company was founded in 1952 by Giovanni Pinarello . Pinarello mainly manufactures bicycles for road races , track cycling and cross-country races .

successes

Pinarello has been equipping professional teams on a regular basis since the 1960s. The sponsored teams include teams such as Team Telekom , Banesto , Movistar Team , Fassa Bortolo and Team Ineos .

A number of significant victories have been achieved on Pinarello bikes over the years. There were a total of eleven Tour de France overall victories on a Pinarello. Other significant victories are, for example, the Olympic victories in road races by Alexi Grewal in 1984 in Los Angeles and Jan Ullrich in 2000 in Sydney . Erik Zabel sprinted his six green jerseys in a row between 1996 and 2001, also on Pinarello racing bikes.

Tour de France victories on Pinarello:

Frame construction

Originally, the Pinarella frames - like most racing bike frames - were made of steel . For this purpose, Pinarello mainly used steel pipes from the Columbus company . At the beginning of the frame construction at Pinarello, these were developed and manufactured by Gino Milani. The successor and son-in-law of Gino Milani, Dario Pegoretti, also continued to build frames for Pinarello. All frames were labeled with the word “Pinarello”. Over the years, other materials such as aluminum , magnesium and carbon fiber have also been used. In 2005 Pinarello produced its first all-carbon fiber frame, the F4: 13.

Web links

Commons : Pinarello  Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ teamsky.com
  2. ↑ A. Beune, W. Drögenpütt: chain on the right! - In big gear through the useless cycling knowledge . 2008
  3. ↑ 2008 Pinarello Prince Carbon . Competitive cyclist