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Émile Carrara (11 January 1925 – 28 April 1992) was a French professional
Individual pursuit, 
road
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and track cyclist
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History
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. On the track, he notably won a total of nine six-day races as well as the national pursuit championships in 1947. On the road, his biggest victory was the 1944 Grand Prix des Nations.
Major results
Road
;1944 : 1st Grand Prix des Nations ;1945 : 1st : 1st Paris–Mantes : 2nd Grand Prix des Nations ;1946 : 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1947 : 1st Critérium des As : 2nd Critérium National de la RouteTrack
;1947 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
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;1949
: 1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne
The Six Days of Saint-Étienne was a six-day track cycling race held annually in the ''Vélodrome de Saint-Étienne'', France.
Piet van Kempen
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(with Raymond Goussot
Raymond Goussot (31 March 1922 – 16 July 2015) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France. He also finished in fourth place in the 1944 Paris–Roubaix
The 1944 Paris–Roubaix was the 42nd edition of the Pari ...
)
: 1st (with Raymond Goussot
Raymond Goussot (31 March 1922 – 16 July 2015) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France. He also finished in fourth place in the 1944 Paris–Roubaix
The 1944 Paris–Roubaix was the 42nd edition of the Pari ...
)
;1951
: 1st Six Days of Berlin
The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, ...
1 (with Guy Lapébie)
: 1st Six Days of Berlin
The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, ...
2 (with Heinz Zoll
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)
: 1st Six Days of Hanover
The Six Days of Hanover was a Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in Hanover, Germany until 1981.
Émile Carrara won in two editions.
In 2011, 30 years after the last edition, an attempt to reorganize the event failed.
Win ...
(with Guy Lapébie)
: 1st Six Days of Munich (with Guy Lapébie)
;1952
: 1st Six Days of Hanover
The Six Days of Hanover was a Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in Hanover, Germany until 1981.
Émile Carrara won in two editions.
In 2011, 30 years after the last edition, an attempt to reorganize the event failed.
Win ...
(with Georges Senfftleben
Georges Senfftleben (19 December 1922 in Clamart – 24 August 1998 in Èze) was a French track cyclist.
Major results
;1944
:1st National Sprint Championships
:1st Grand Prix de Paris
;1946
:2nd World Sprint Championships
;1947
:1st Nation ...
)
: 1st Six Days of Dortmund
The Six Days of Dortmund is a Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in Dortmund, Germany. The event was first held in 1926 and the final edition in 2008.
Palmares
References
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Cycle races in Germany
Sp ...
(with Guy Lapébie)
: 1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne
The Six Days of Saint-Étienne was a six-day track cycling race held annually in the ''Vélodrome de Saint-Étienne'', France.
Piet van Kempen
Piet may refer to:
People
*Piet (given name), a common name in the Netherlands and South Africa
*He ...
(with Georges Senfftleben
Georges Senfftleben (19 December 1922 in Clamart – 24 August 1998 in Èze) was a French track cyclist.
Major results
;1944
:1st National Sprint Championships
:1st Grand Prix de Paris
;1946
:2nd World Sprint Championships
;1947
:1st Nation ...
)
: 1st Six Days of Berlin
The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, ...
(with Guy Lapébie)
: 1st (with Georges Senfftleben
Georges Senfftleben (19 December 1922 in Clamart – 24 August 1998 in Èze) was a French track cyclist.
Major results
;1944
:1st National Sprint Championships
:1st Grand Prix de Paris
;1946
:2nd World Sprint Championships
;1947
:1st Nation ...
)
;1953
: 2nd Madison Madison may refer to:
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, European Track Championships
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;1954
: 1st Six Days of Berlin
The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, ...
(with Dominique Forlini
Dominique Forlini (Paris, 14 September 1924 - October 2014) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Forlini won many six-day racing events, and also some road victories, most importantly two stages in the 1954 Tour de France.
Major resul ...
)
References
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* 1925 births 1992 deaths French male cyclists French track cyclists Sportspeople from Argenteuil Cyclists from ÃŽle-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub