Battaglin C12 bike 2011

Battaglin is a name that will be well known to older riders, but to anyone newer to the sport it is yet another Italian brand with a heritage.

The founder, Giovanni Battaglin, won both the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta Espana in 1981. After retiring he went on to found the bike company in his hometown of Marostica in Italy's cycling heartland, Veneto.

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