Giancarlo Ferretti (born 16 October 1941) is the former manager of the now-disbanded |Italian professional road bicycle racing team, Fassa Bortolo, sponsored by the Italian cement company of the same name.
Fassa Bortolo was a top-ranked team until the 2005 season, during which it was part of the UCI ProTour.
Among its former riders was classics specialist Michele Bartoli, super-sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, stage racer Ivan Basso, Juan Antonio Flecha, time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara, and many others.
[3] However, on 14 October 2005, a man claiming to represent proposed new sponsor Sony Ericsson turned out to be an impostor, leaving all staff and riders unemployed.
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