Gewiss–Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1979 to 1989.
The team was selected to race in eleven consecutive editions of the Giro d'Italia from 1979 to 1989, where they achieved 19 stage wins.
Gewiss sponsored the team from 1987 to 1989; the later Gewiss–Ballan team originated as a new project, Mecair–Ballan, in January 1993 and adopted the Gewiss name when the company replaced Mecair as title sponsor in 1994.
Major wins
1979 Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Martinelli 1980 Giro d'Italia Mountains classification, Claudio Bortolotto Stage 16, Giuseppe Martinelli Vuelta a España Prologue & Stage 16b, Roberto Visentini Stage 3, Giuseppe Martinelli 1981 Stages 8 & 12 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin 1982 Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin 1983 Giro del Veneto, Alfio Vandi Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin 1984 Giro del Veneto, Jesper Worre Stages 3 & 5 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin 1985 Giro d'Italia Young rider classification, Alberto Volpi Stages 9 & 18, Paolo Rosola 1987 Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía, Moreno Argentin Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Moreno Argentin Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Moreno Argentin Stage 2 Vuelta a España, Paolo Rosola Stages 5 & 17 Vuelta a España, Roberto Pagnin Stages 2, 4 & 7 Giro d'Italia, Moreno Argentin Stages 8, 10 & 20 Giro d'Italia, Paolo Rosola Stage 2 Coors Classic, Emanuele Bombini Stages 5, 11, 12b & 15 Coors Classic, Paolo Rosola Stage 16 Coors Classic, Moreno Argentin Schaan Criterium, Paolo Rosola Giro di Lombardia, Moreno Argentin Giro di Toscana, Renato Piccolo 1988 Stage 1 Critérium International, Moreno Argentin Stages 10 & 20 Giro d'Italia, Paolo Rosola Overall Tour of Sweden, Jesper Worre Overall Grabs–Voralp, Arno Küttel Stage 1a, Arno Küttel National Road Race Championships, Lars Wahlqvist Giro del Veneto, Moreno Argentin Visp–Grächen, Arno Küttel Stage 5b Tour of Denmark, Paolo Rosola 1989 Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía, Paolo Rosola GP du canton d'Argovie, Paolo Rosola National Road Race Championships, Moreno Argentin Stage 5 GP Guillaume Tell, Davide Cassani
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