Lygie (cycling team)
Italian professional cycling team
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Lygie was an Italian professional cycling team that existed for several periods between 1922 and 1964.[1][2]
The Lygie team of 1922 | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Registered | Italy |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Disbanded | 1964 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager | Alfredo Sivocci |
| Team name history | |
1922–1923 1938 1939–1940 1946 1947 1948–1949 1950–1951 1952–1953 1954 1955–1958 1959 1960 1963–1964 | Lygie Lygie–Settebello Lygie Lygie Lygie–Pirelli Lygie Lygie–Pirelli Lygie Lygie–Torpado Lygie Lygie–Pirelli Lygie Lygie |
The team was sponsored by Lygie, an Italian bicycle manufacturer.
They participated in 8 editions of the Giro d'Italia, earning 11 stage wins as well as the mountains classification by Vito Taccone in 1963
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