Atala (cycling team)

Atala (UCI team code: ATA) was a cycling team that was created in 1908 and officially retired in 1989. In 1912, the 1912 Giro d'Italia was contested by teams, and Team Atala, consisting of Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto and Eberardo Pavesi emerged as the winner (Luigi Ganna, also member of the team, retired during the fifth stage).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Atala

Vito Taccone and Giovanni Cordovani c. 1961–1962
Team information
UCI code	ATA
Registered	Italy
Founded	1908 (1908)
Disbanded	1989
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1908 1909 1910 1911–1912 1913 1914 1915, 1923, 1925 1928 1932 1946 1947 1948–1957 1958 1959 1960-1962, 1982–1985 1986–1988 1989	Atala Atala–Dunlop Atala–Continental Atala–Dunlop Atala Atala–Dunlop Atala Atala–Pirelli Atala Atala–Lygie Atala–Pirelli Atala Atala–Pirelli Atala–Pirelli–Lygie Atala Atala–Ofmega Atala–Campagnolo

Major wins

One-day races

• Giro di Lombardia
  • 1932: Antonio Negrini
  • 1961: Vito Taccone  Italy

Grand Tours

Tour de France

• Stages: (1 in 1932, 2 in 1955, 2 in 1956, 1 in 1958, 1 in 1959)

Giro d'Italia

• General Classification:
  • 1909 - Luigi Ganna
  • 1910 - Carlo Galetti
  • 1912 - Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi)
• Points Classification:
  • 1984 - Urs Freuler  Switzerland
• Mountains Classification:
  • 1961 - Vito Taccone  Italy
• Stages: (3 in 1909, 7 in 1910, 3 in 1912, 3 in 1948, 3 in 1949, 3 in 1951, 1 in 1954, 3 in 1955, 3 in 1956, 3 in 1957, 4 in 1959, 1 in 1961, 3 in 1982, 3 in 1983, 4 in 1984, 4 in 1985, 3 in 1987, 1 in 1988)