Michele Dancelli wins the great Italian Classic Milano-Sanremo in a solo break­away. Behind him in the team car is an exul­tant Ernesto with a bicy­cle on his shoulder.

After Dancelli’s Milano-Sanremo vic­tory, Ernesto Colnago is inspired to replace his pre­vi­ous eagle emblem with a new mark, the ace of clubs. The logo com­mem­o­rates the bloom­ing of the spring flow­ers in Sanremo and Ernesto Colnago’s ambi­tion to be “an ace in cycling”.