Pino Cerami
Giuseppe "Pino" Cerami (28 April 1922[1] – 20 September 2014) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. He joined the professional peloton in 1946 as an independent. Born in Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy he was naturalised as a Belgian on 16 March 1956.
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Full name | Giuseppe Cerami | |||||||||||||
Nickname | Pino | |||||||||||||
Born | [1] Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy | 28 April 1922|||||||||||||
Died | 20 September 2014 92) | (aged|||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist | |||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||
1937–45 | - | |||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
1946–1947 | Independent | |||||||||||||
1948 | Metropole-Dunlop | |||||||||||||
1949–1954 | Peugeot-Dunlop | |||||||||||||
1955–1956 | Elvé-Peugeot | |||||||||||||
1957 | Peugeot-BP | |||||||||||||
1958 | Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan | |||||||||||||
1959–1962 | Peugeot-BP-Dunlop | |||||||||||||
1963 | Peugeot-BP | |||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||
Tour de France, 1 stage (1963) Tour of Belgium (1957) Paris–Roubaix (1960) La Flèche Wallonne (1960) Paris–Brussels (1961) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cerami won the 1960 Paris–Roubaix Classic with Tino Sabbadini of France second and Miguel Poblet of Spain in third place. Cerami also won La Flèche Wallonne Classic in 1960. Cerami was 3rd in the 1960 World Championship Road Race behind Rik Van Looy of Belgium and Frenchman André Darrigade. At the 1963 Tour de France, Cerami won the 9th stage at 41 years old; Cerami is the oldest Tour de France stage winner ever.[2]
Since 1964 the Grand Prix Pino Cerami professional cycling race has taken place every year in Belgium. Cerami died on 20 September 2014 after a long illness.[3]
Major results
- 1951
- 3rd stage Tour of Belgium
- 5th stage Tour of Belgium
- 1954
- 1st Ninove
- 12th stage Tour of Europe
- 13th stage Tour of Europe
- 1957
- 1st stage Tour of Belgium
- General Classification - Tour of Belgium
- 1958
- 2nd stage Tour de Picardie
- 1959
- 3rd stage Tour de Luxembourg
- 1960
- Paris–Roubaix
- Flèche Wallonne
- 1961
- Paris–Brussels
- Brabantse Pijl
- 1963
- 9th stage Tour de France
Tour de France
References
- http://wielersport.slogblog.nl/post/1/7704
- "Oudste ritwinnaar en leider per grote ronde" (in Dutch). Cyclingbase. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- Oud-wielrenner Pino Cerami (92) overladen