Founded by the great champion Costante
Girardengo and his two sons
Luciano and Ettore in Alessandria, Novi Ligure, Italy. The assembly of
Girardengo
bicycles was moved to the prison of Alessandria, Novi Ligure in the
mid-1960s.
Girardengo,
Constante Italian road cyclist.
He was the first rider to be declared a "campionissimo," or "champion of
champions." He was Italian road champion a record nine times in a row. But for the
intervention of World War I, when no national championship was held in Italy from 1915 to
1918, the record might have been even greater. He won the Milano-San Remo a
record six times. |
Girardengo's palmarès include: 1913 Italian Road Championship Chuck Schmidt |