Lampre

The Lampre group is an Italian based company that specialises in pre-coated steel production. In addition to the main company the group also contains Lamital and Lamfer, as well as a Portuguese subsidiary called Lampre Portugal.

Lampre as a sponsor of cycling

Lampre is the leading sponsor of the professional Italian cycling team with the same name. Lampre appeared on a cycling jersey of a professional team for the first time in 1991. Besides the victory in the Milan-Sanremo with Maurizio Fondriest which was obtained in 1993 there was also the overall UCI Road World Cup victory in that same year. In 1999, in partneship with Daikin, Lampre had the honour of being known as one of the great teams with the World Champion jersey been worn by Oscar Camenzind. Lampre-Daikin in 2001, thanks to Gilberto Simoni, won the Giro d'Italia. After two seasons in which Lampre was main sponsor of the team driven by Giuseppe Saronni, the Galbusera family have decided to amalgamate with other sponsors in order to follow the UCI ProTour project: from union between Lampre group and Saeco group was born team Lampre-Caffita, with champions such as Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni. In 2006 a new partnership has begun: Fondital has become the new main partner of Lampre. Fondital heads a European Group that designs and produces aluminium radiators.

Early 1990s

Lampre first entered cycling in 1991, co-sponsoring the Colnago-Lampre team. They took over the lead name in 1992, until the end of 1995. In 1996, they stopped sponsoring the team, although it continued to race under the name Ceramica Panaria-Vinavil.

Lampre-Daikin

Lampre re-entered cycling in 1999, sponsoring the Italian-based Lampre-Daikin team. Daikin remained a co-sponsor until the end of 2002. At the end of 2004, Lampre merged with Saeco to form a new cycling team ready for the UCI ProTour

Lampre in the UCI ProTour

Lampre merged with Saeco at the end of the 2004 season to create a new team ready for the UCI ProTour.

External links

* [http://www.lampre.com Lampre Group website]
* [http://www.cyclebase.nl/index.php?lang=en&news=en&pc=normal&page=teams&db=m&yr=1991&land=ita Team Profile]