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Émile Carrara (11 January 1925 – 28 April 1992) was a French professional
Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
;1949
: 1st 
Madison,
road
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Th ...
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
The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...
.
Major results
Road
;1944 : 1stGrand Prix des Nations
The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...
;1945
: 1st
: 1st Paris–Mantes
: 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...
;1946
: 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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;1947
: 1st Critérium des As
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: 2nd Critérium National de la Route
Track
;1947 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
;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
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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 Parisâ ...
)
: 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 Parisâ ...
)
;1951
: 1st Six Days of Berlin 1 (with Guy Lapébie
Guy Lap̩bie (28 November 1916 Р8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France w ...
)
: 1st Six Days of Berlin 2 (with Heinz Zoll)
: 1st Six Days of Hanover (with Guy Lapébie
Guy Lap̩bie (28 November 1916 Р8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France w ...
)
: 1st Six Days of Munich (with Guy Lapébie
Guy Lap̩bie (28 November 1916 Р8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France w ...
)
;1952
: 1st Six Days of Hanover (with Georges Senfftleben)
: 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Guy Lapébie
Guy Lap̩bie (28 November 1916 Р8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France w ...
)
: 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
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire ...
(with Georges Senfftleben)
: 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Guy Lapébie
Guy Lap̩bie (28 November 1916 Р8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After World War II he became a professional road racer.
Lapébie's elder brother was Tour de France w ...
)
: 1st (with Georges Senfftleben)
;1953
: 2nd Madison, European Track Championships
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;1954
: 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dominique Forlini)
References
External links
* 1925 births 1992 deaths French male cyclists French track cyclists Sportspeople from Argenteuil Cyclists from Val-d'Oise 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub