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Filotex
	The Filotex team of 1973
Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1963
Disbanded	1980
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1963–1965; 1965–1975; 1976–1977; 1978; 1979; 1980	Springoil–Fuchs; Filotex; Sanson; Sanson–Campagnolo; Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo; Sanson–Campagnolo

Filotex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1980.^[1]^[2] The team's main sponsor from 1976 to 1980 was Italian food producer Sanson.^[2]^[3]

History

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Filotex riders such as Italo Zilioli, Ugo Colombo, and Franco Bitossi consistently placed in the top 10 at the Giro d'Italia.^[4] At the 1969 Giro, Zilioli, Colombo, and Bitossi placed in the top 10 of the general classification, with Bitossi winning the points classification.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Springoil - Fuchs (1963)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Sanson - Campagnolo (1980)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ "Sanson (1976)" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
^ Filotex at Cycling Archives (archived)
^ Bill and Carol McGann. "1969 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ "Esperada Victoria Final Del Italiano Gimondi" [Expected Final Victory of Italian Gimondi] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 9 June 1969. p. 20. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Un Gimondi felicissimo" [A Happy Gimondi]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 9 June 1969. p. 11. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.