Sergio Andrea Tavana Memorial

1946 – 1977

Sergio Andrea Tavana began his working life in an arms factory as a young man, and it is here, in the "wood" department, that he discovered his passion and developed more fully the idea of achieving it.

At age 22, alone and starting from scratch, he decided to start "TAVANA Gun Stocks". Aware of the commitments he was making, he said that, to fully realize all that he aimed for, would have required at least ten years of sacrifice....

They were hard years, years of total dedication to the work, and his only indulgences were rare and brief bike rides.

The labor was lightened by the enthusiasm with which he forecasted great goals and ever-wider horizons for his future.

He literally "created" more than he himself had ever dared to dream of, and it was time to reap the fruits of so much effort, but it should not be so: at 31 years old, he died from an incurable disease.

For over thirty years we have honored him with the cycling trophy dedicated to him.