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The ancient and glorious Torpado brand was born in Padua in 1895 and since 2001 is owned by Cicli Esperia. In the 1950s and until 1962, Torpado had a professional team that participated in eleven editions of the Giro d'Italia. The founder of the Torpado company is Torresini, hence the acronym for the brand (Torresini-Padova). The historical headquarters was in Via Nicolò Tommaseo in Padua and then it was moved to the Industrial Zone. The runners' jersey was blue with a horizontal black band. They were the years of Bevilacqua, Brasola, Conterno, Dall'Agata, De Filippi, who won a stage of the Giro, Favero, Gismondi, Giusti, Zamboni but, above all, of Cleto Maule and Aldo Moser who competed with Coppi and Magni arriving, respectively, fourth and fifth at the 1956 Giro. Aldo Moser won two stages of the Giro, one of them at the Pordoi. The tables for the team were personalized for each runner, starting with the base frame of the Torpado, then modified according to the needs of the athlete. The painting of the painting was done by immersion and then it was put into the oven. The threading and the refinement of the painting were done by hand. Before sanding, the frame was sanded and then the antioxidant was applied. The frames were made of steel and the handlebars of aluminum. There was a historic shop in Piazza Insurrezione, “Torpado”, where bicycles were sold but, above all, trophies were displayed. At that time, Torpado was the second Italian company in the sector by sales and employees. The fundamental element of the Torpado company was teamwork, harmony but, above all, great passion. The same passion that today distinguishes Cicli Esperia with the TORPADO URSUS and TORPADO SUDTIROL teams, which participate in the mountain bike World Cup events, the international ones in Italy, the most important international, European, World and Olympic competitions. . Today, if you don't settle for a safe, high-performance bike with attention to detail and innovative design, but rather want it to fully express your personality, the only choice is Torpado. Only an Italian company, which has always been a protagonist in the history of cycling, can understand and satisfy your passion and offer you a product of excellence capable of transmitting a unique emotion. Unique like Italy, unique like you.