Emilio Bozzi

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Who is Emilio Bozzi?

Emilio Bozzi was an Italian businessman, known for his bicycle manufacturing company.

He established the Emilio Bozzi & Co. bicycle manufacturer in Milano, the first model being the "Aurora". Also, he had the rights to the Turinese Frejus bicycle brand. With the son of Franco Tosi, who had some patents from the English Wolsit brand, his company made the Ciclomotore Wolsit, the rights to which was sold to NSU Motorenwerke AG.

They renamed the company Legnano using a swordlifting warrior symbol painted by the cycler Alfredo Binda, based on the Battle of Legnano. Along with Frejus they had immediate racing success with cyclists as Eberardo Pavesi, Alfredo Binda, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Ferdinand Kübler and Ercole Baldini in the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France other races up until 1965. The company also made mopeds, while the bicycle business was acquired by the main rival Bianchi.

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on July 23, 2013

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