# Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962)

Faema was a professional cycling team that existed from 1955 to 1962. The team's main sponsor was espresso machine manufacturer Faema. In 1963, the Faema and Flandria teams were merged.
In 1964, Faema disappeared as a sponsor in the peloton, but they returned four years later as Faemino–Faema with great success, notably through Eddy Merckx (from 1968 to 1970).

## Major results

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### 1955 – Faema–Guerra

   * Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 1, Miguel Poblet
   * G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa, Stage 1, Miguel Poblet
   * Giro di Sicilia Stage 1, Renzo Accordi
   * Tour of the Netherlands Stage 3, Ilvo Pugi
   * Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Miguel Poblet
   * Tour de Suisse Stage 1, Fritz Schär
   * Tour de France Stage 1a & 22, Miguel Poblet

### 1956 – Faema–Guerra–Van Hauwaert

   * Vuelta a Levante, Vicente Iturat
   * Paris–Nice Stage 2 & 3, Germain Derycke
   * Gent–Wevelgem, Rik Van Looy
   * Driedaagse van Antwerpen, Overall Rik Van Looy
       Stage 1 Willy Vannitsen
       Stage 2a Rik Van Looy
       Stage 2b T.T.T.
   * G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa,
       Stage 4, Salvador Botella
       Stage 6, Jesús Galdeano
   * Paris–Brussels, Rik Van Looy
   * Vuelta a España
       Stage 3, 5 & 6, Miguel Poblet
   * Meisterschaft von Zürich, Carlo Clerici
   * Tour de Romandie Stage 2, René Strehler
   * G.P. Bali, Overall & Stage 1, Briek Schotte
   * Giro d'Italia, Overall, Charly Gaul
       Stage 4, 8, 15 & 17, Miguel Poblet
       Stage 7, 14 & 19, Charly Gaul
    Tour de Suisse
       Stage 1, 3 & 8, René Strehler
       Stage 7, Fritz Schär
   * Tour de Luxembourg
       Stage 2, Charly Gaul
       Stage 3, Willy Kemp
   * Scheldeprijs, Rik Van Looy
   * Tour of the Netherlands, Overall Rik Van Looy
       Stage 2, Willy Vannitsen
       Stage 3 & 6, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 5, Roger Verplaetse
   * Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
       Stage 2, 5, 6b, 8 & 9, Miguel Poblet
       Stage 5, Vicente Iturat

### 1957 – Faema–Guerra

   * Vuelta a Andalucia
       Stage 1, Miguel Bover
       Stage 5, Andrés Trobat
       Stage 8, Gabriel Company
   * Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Jozef Verhelst
   * Vuelta a Levante, Overall Bernardo Ruiz
       Stage 3b & 5, Salvador Botella
       Stage 4, Jesús Galdeano
   * Gent–Wevelgem, Rik Van Looy
   * Omloop Het Volk, Norbert Kerckhove
   * Giro di Sicilia, Overall & Stage 1, Alberto Emiliozzi
       Stage 3, Silvano Ciampi
   * Paris–Roubaix, Leon Vandaele
   * Gran Premio Ciclomotoristico delle Nazioni
       Stage 2b, Alberto Emiliozzi
       Stage 6a, Rik Van Looy
   * Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Germain Derycke
   * Tour of the Netherlands, Overall Rik Van Looy
       Stage 1, Roger Decock
       Stage 2 & 3b, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 5, Leon Vandaele
    Tour de Luxembourg Stage 2b, Charly Gaul
   * Giro del Piemonte, Silvano Ciampi
   * Giro d'Italia Stage 2 & 19 Charly Gaul
   * Tour de Suisse Stage 6, Rolf Graf
   * Scheldeprijs, Rik Van Looy
   * Tre Valli Varesine, Germain Derijcke
   * Driedaagse van Antwerpen, Overall & Stage 1 Leon van Daele
       Stage 3a & 3b, Rik Van Looy
   * Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
       Stage 2, Willy Schroeders
       Stage 3a, Jos Hoevenaers
       Stage 5, Gabriel Company
       Stage 6, Salvador Botella
       Stage 7, Santiago Mostajo Gutiérrez
   * Coppa Bernocchi, Rik Van Looy
   * Trofeo Matteotti, Silvano Ciampi

### 1958 – Faema–Guerra–Clément

   * Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 1, Gabriel Company
   * Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Gilbert Desmet
   * Vuelta a Levante, Overall Bernardo Ruiz
       Stage 1, 4 & 8, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 2, Roger Verplaetse
       Stage 5a, Miguel Bover
       Stage 5b & 6, Leon van Daele
       Stage 7, Jozef Schils
   * Milan–San Remo, Rik Van Looy
   * Dwars door België Stage 2, Rik Van Looy
   * Driedaagse van Antwerpen
       Stage 2a, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 3, Jozef Schils
   * Paris–Roubaix, Leon van Daele
   * Paris–Brussels, Rik Van Looy
   * G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa, Overall & Stage 3 Jesús Loroño
   * Vuelta a España
       Stage 1, Miguel Pacheco
       Stage 2, Antonio Jiménez Quiles
       Stage 4, 5b, 6, 9 & 10, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 7, Gilbert Desmet
       Stage 13a, Jesús Loroño
       Stage 15 & 16, Rik Luyten
    Gran Premio Ciclomotoristico delle Nazioni, Overall Jos Hoevenaers
       Stage 4, Armando Pellegrini
   * G.P. Bali Stage 3, Charly Gaul
   * Giro d'Italia
       Stage 3, Salvador Botella
       Stage 4, Federico Bahamontes
       Stage 6, Silvano Ciampi
       Stage 14, Charly Gaul
   * Spanish National Time Trial Championships, Federico Bahamontes
   * Tour de Luxembourg Stage 4, Marcel Ernzer
   * Tour of the Netherlands Stage 5, Jos Schils
   * Tour de France
       Stage 8, 18, 21 & 23, Charly Gaul
       Stage 14 & 20, Federico Bahamontes
   * G.P. Marvan
       Stage 4, Jos Schils
       Stage 7, Rik Van Looy
   * Volta a Catalunya Stage 2, Fernando Manzaneque
   * Coppa Bernocchi, Rik Van Looy
   * Paris–Tours, Gilbert Desmet

### 1959 – Faema–Guerra

   * Vuelta a Andalucía Overall, Miguel Pacheco
       Stage 1, Anicet Utset
   * Sassari–Cagliari, Edgard Sorgeloos
   * Vuelta a Levante, Overall Rik Van Looy
       Stage 1b & 5, Jos Schils
       Stage 1a, T.T.T.
       Stage 2, 6 & 7, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 3, Frans van Looveren
       Stage 4, Hilaire Couvreur
   * Tour of Flanders, Rik Van Looy
   * G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa, Stage 1, Antonio Bertrán
       Stage 1, Francisco Moreno Martínez
       Stage 3, T.T.T.
    Vuelta a España
       Stage 1b, 8, 9 & 11, Rik Van Looy
       Stage 6, Gabriel Mas
   * La Flèche Wallonne, Jos Hoevenaers
   * Giro d'Italia
       Stage 1, 5, 11 & 14, Rik Van Looy
   * Tour de Suisse Overall & Stage 2, Hans Junkermann
   * German National Road Race Championships, , Hans Junkermann
   * G.P. Veith, Friedhelm Fischerkeller
   * Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Overall, Salvador Botella
   * Paris–Tours, Rik Van Looy
   * Giro di Lombardia, Rik Van Looy

### 1960 – Faema

   * Vuelta a Andalucia Overall, Gabriel Mas
       Stage 1, Antonio Bertrán
       Stage 5 & 7, Fernando Manzaneque
       Stage 6, Gabriel Company
   * Vuelta a Levante Overall, Fernando Manzaneque
       Stage 1, T.T.T.
       Stage 2, Francisco Moreno Martínez
       Stage 4b, Angelino Soler
       Stage 5, Antonio Bertrán
       Stage 7, Fernando Manzaneque
       Stage 8, Salvador Botella
   * Paris–Nice Overall, Raymond Impanis
       Stage 2, T.T.T.
       Stage 5 & 8b, Rik Van Looy
   * Dwars door België
       Stage 1, Edgard Sorgeloos
       Stage 2, Norbert Kerckhove
   * Madrid-Barcelona Overall, Antonio Suárez
       Stage 1, Antonio Suárez
       Stage 2, Jesús Galdeano
       Stage 4, Salvador Botella
    G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa
       Stage 1, Jesús Loroño
       Stage 1, Antonio Suárez
   * Vuelta a España
       Stage 1, T.T.T.
       Stage 9, Salvador Botella
       Stage 12, Jesús Galdeano
       Stage 13, Federico Bahamontes
       Stage 12, Antonio Suárez
   * Giro d'Italia
       Stage 4, Salvador Botella
       Stage 7b, 8 & 11, Rik Van Looy
   * Spanish National Road Race Championships, , Antonio Suárez
   * Tour de France Stage 18, Fernando Manzaneque
   * UCI Road World Championships Rik Van Looy

### 1961 – Faema

   * Vuelta a Andalucía Overall, Angelino Soler
       Stage 2, Antonio Gómez del Moral
       Stage 3, Salvador Rosa Gómez
       Stage 6 & 8, Salvador Botella
   * Paris–Nice
       Stage 1, Gilbert Desmet
       Stage 6b & 7, Rik Van Looy
   * Madrid-Barcelona Overall, Angelino Soler
       Stage 5, Salvador Botella
       Stage 6b, Antonio Suárez
   * Paris–Roubaix, Rik Van Looy
   * Vuelta a España Overall Angelino Soler
       Stage 1a, T.T.T.
       Stage 5, Jesús Galdeano
       Stage 6, Angelino Soler
       Stage 12, Antonio Suárez
       Stage 13, Francisco Moreno Martínez
    Deutschland Tour Stage 5, Louis Proost
   * Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Rik Van Looy
   * Tour of the Netherlands
       Stage 2, Roger Baens
       Stage 6 & 7, Peter Post
   * Giro d'Italia
       Stage 3 & 19, Miguel Poblet
       Stage 5, Louis Proost
       Stage 7, Antonio Suárez
       Stage 8, Piet van Est
       Stage 13, 15 & 17, Rik Van Looy
   * Spanish National Road Race Championships, , Antonio Suárez
   * UCI Road World Championships Rik Van Looy
   * Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
       Stage 2b, Antonio Suárez
       Stage 6a, José Martín Colmenarejo

### 1962 – Faema

   * Vuelta a España Stage 9, Antonio Gómez del Moral
   * Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stage 4, Julio Jiménez
   * Tour de l'Avenir Overall & Stage 1, Antonio Gómez del Moral
       Stage 5, Julio Jiménez
       Stage 6, Juan Sánchez

### 1963 – Faema–Flandria

   * Vuelta a Andalucia Stage 2, Francisco Tortellá
   * Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Noël Foré
   * Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke, Noël Foré
   * Tour of Flanders, Noël Foré
   * Dwars door België, Clément Roman
   * Vuelta a España Stage 2, José Segú
   * Tour de Romandie, Willy Bocklant
   * Four Days of Dunkirk, Overall & Stage 5b, Joseph Planckaert
   * Grand Prix Stan Ockers, Willy Bocklant
   * Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Stage 2, José Segú
   * Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stage 6b, Frans Brands
   * Tour de Suisse Stage 3a, José Martín Colmenarejo
   * Tour de France Stage 18, Frans Brands
   * Tour de l'Avenir Stage 10, Ginés García Perán
   * Scheldeprijs, Piet Oellibrandt
   * Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Stage 2, Frans Brands