As marcas...

A Bianchi é italiana? A Cervélo realmente é canadense? O ciclismo é governado por marcas e tradição. E muitas vez a história de uma marca se confunde com a tradição de um país e/ou uma corrida. Bom, aqui vai uma lista com os maiores nomes do mercado, suas origens e seus donos. A dica é do Inner Ring.

Marca	País	Outras Marcas	Nome Corporativo	Donos/Acionistas
Continental	ALE	-	Continental AG	Deutsche Börse, Schäffler AG / family
Finish Line	EUA	White Lightening	Finish Line Technologies Inc.	Hank Krause
Michelin	FRA	-	Michelin SA	Euronext Stock Exchange
Hutchinson	FRA	Barry Controls, Marine/Aerospace etc	Total SA	Euronext Stock Exchange
Schwalbe	ALE	Ballon Bike	Ralf Bohle GmbH	Bohle family
Orbea	ESP	Fagor, Brandt electrical goods	Corporación Mondragón	Workers’ co-operative
Fuji	EUA	Kestrel, Oval Concepts, Terry	Advanced Sports International	Private
Cinelli	ITA	Columbus tubing, Bootleg	Gruppo SpA	Antonio Colombo
Reynolds	EUA	Reynolds Composites	Maclean-Fogg Inc.	Private
Focus	HOL	Raleigh, Univega, Gazzelle	Pon Holdings BV	Family-owned
Canyon	ALE	Coast	Canyon Bicycles GmbH	Roman Arnold
Cervélo	SUI	-	Cervélo SA	various
BMC	SUI	-	BMC Trading AG	Andy Rihs
Vittoria	ITA	Geax, Lion	Vittoria SpA	Private
Merckx	BEL	-	Eddy Merckx SA	Sobradis, Brantegem family
Ridley	BEL	-	N.V. Race Productions	Jochim Aerts
Sapim	BEL	Rigida rims	Famo NV	Moorkens family
Shimano	JAP	Pearl Izumi, Pro	Shimano Inc.	Tokyo Stock Exchange
Campagnolo	ITA	Fulcrum	Campagnolo SpA	Campagnolo family
SRAM	EUA	Avid, Quarq, Truvativ, Zipp	SRAM LLC	Trilantic Capital Partners
Cannondale	CAN	Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, SUGOI	Dorel Group	Toronto Stock Exchange
Bianchi	SUE	Cycles Peugeot, Gitane, Puch	Cycle Europe AB	Grimaldi family
Mavic	FIN	Suunto, Atomic, Wilson, Salomon	Amer Sports	Helsinki Stock Exchange
Trek	EUA	Bontrager, Gary Fisher, Klein, Viliger	Trek Bicycle Corp.	Private
Specialized	EUA	-	Specialized Bicycle Components	Merida, Mike Sinyard
Merida	TAW	Specialized, Chris Boardman	Merida Industry Co Ltd	Taiwan Stock Exchange
Scott	SUI	Yoko	Scott Sports AG	Beat Zaugg
Koga Miyata	HOL	Batavus, Lapierre, Tunturi	Accel Group	Euronext Stock Exchange
Giro	EUA	Bell, Easton, Blackburn	Easton Bell Sports	Fenway Private Equity
Nalini	ITA	MOA, Agu, Adidas cycling	MOA Sport SpA	Mantovani family
Castelli	ITA	Sportful	Manifattura Valcismon SpA	Cremonese family
Giant	TAW	certain Colnago frames under licence	Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd	Taiwan Stock Exchange
Oakley	ITA	Ray Ban, Persol	Luxxotica Group	Italian Stock Exchange
Kuota	ITA	Xentis, Kross, Kaya, K-Factor	Sintema Sport	Private
FSA	TAW	TH Products, RPM, VisionTech	Tien Hsin Industries	Private
fi’zi:k	ITA	Selle Royal, Lookin, Royal Gel	Selle Royal SpA	Private
Zéfal	FRA	Stronglight	Zéfal SA	Private
L’Équipe	FRA	ASO, Le Parisien, Paris Marathon	Groupe Amaury	Amaury Family + others
Gazzetta Dello Sport	ITA	RCS, Corriere della Sera, Marca	RCS Media Group	Italian Stock Exchange
CycleSport Magazine	GBR	Cycling Weekly	Time Warner	New York Stock Exchange
Cyclingnews	GBR	Pro Cycling, Bike Radar	Future Publishing	London Stock Exchange

Fonte: Cycling Rocks