Zonca (cycling team)

Zonca was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1970 to 1979.^[1] It was founded by brothers Maffeo, Luigi and Giorgio Zonca.^[2]

Zonca

Ambrogio Portalupi wearing the team's jersey in 1971
Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1970 (1970)
Disbanded	1979
Discipline(s)	Road
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Ettore Milano
Team name history
1970–1974 1975–1979	Zonca Zonca–Santini

The team was selected to race in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia, where they achieved four stage wins.

Major victories

• Trofeo Matteotti : Davide Boifava (1972)
• Tour de Berne : Roland Salm (1974, 1975)
• Giro del Friuli : Franco Bitossi (1976)
• Coppa Sabatini : Piero Spinelli (1976), Leonardo Mazzantini (1979)
• Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria : Constantino Conti (1977)
• Milano–Torino : Pierino Gavazzi (1978)
• Giro di Campania : Pierino Gavazzi (1979)

Giro d'Italia results

• • 8 participations (1972–1979)
  • 4 stage wins:
    • 1, 1973 : Gianni Motta
    • 2, 1978 : Giancarlo Bellini, Pierino Gavazzi
    • 1, 1979 : Bruno Wolfer
  • 1 classification:
    • Mountains classification : Ueli Sutter (1978)

References

1. "Zonca" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
2. "Continuare coi Rilanci: Il ciclismo ha bisogno di Maffeo, Luigi e Giorgio" [Keep on Relaunching: Cycling Needs Maffeo, Luigi and Giorgio] (PDF). L'Unita (in Italian). 16 November 1973. Retrieved 6 October 2024.