The Colnago logo appears for the first time on the on the shorts of a pro­fes­sional team. Ernesto Colnago parts with the Molteni team to work with Giovanbattista Baronchelli at the Scic team of Renzo Fornari. A supremely tal­ented rider who would never quite ful­fil his promise, Baronchelli loses the Giro by just twelve seconds.