Gewiss-Ballan
Gewiss–Ballan was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1993 to 1997, named after the Italian electrical engineering company Gewiss. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France as well as several classics during the early 1990s.
Key facts
- Cycling team.name
- Gewiss–Ballan
- Cycling team.code
- GEW
- Cycling team.registered
- Italy
- Cycling team.disbanded
- 1997
- Cycling team.generalmanager
- Emanuele Bombini
- Cycling team.discipline
- Road Track
- Cycling team.status
- Retired
- Cycling team.season
- 19931994–199519961997
- Cycling team.oldname
- Mecair-BallanGewiss–BallanGewiss PlaybusBatik–Del Monte
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Doping
- Systematic doping
- Hematocrit variations 1994 to 1995
- Cyclists
- Major wins
- Supplementary statistics
- See also
- References
- External links
Gewiss–Ballan was an Italian-based road bicycle racing team active from 1993 to 1997, named after the Italian electrical engineering company Gewiss. The team was successful in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France as well as several classics during the early 1990s.
==History== The team was sponsored by the Mecair company and the Italian maker of garage doors Ballan in 1993. The Italian electrical engineering company Gewiss took over as the main sponsor in 1994. Gewiss had previously sponsored the Bianchi cycling team from 1987 to 1989. In 1996 the second sponsor was taken by the Gewiss brand Playbus. Directeur sportifs with the team included Emanuele Bombini and Paolo Rosola. In the four years of its existence, the team achieved great successes.