Fermo Camellini (7 December 1914 – 27 August 2010) was an
Italian
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French road bicycle racer who became a naturalized French citizen on 8 October 1948. He won the
Paris–Nice in 1946 and the
Flèche Wallonne
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in 1948, as well as two stages at the
1947 Tour de France
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. He also wore the pink jersey as leader of the
general classification
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during three stages of
1946 Giro d'Italia. He was born in
Scandiano
Scandiano ( Reggiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, in the northeast part of the country of Italy, near the city of Reggio nell'Emilia and the Secchia river. It had a population of 25,663 as of 31 December 2016.
History
The c ...
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Reggio Emilia.
Major results
;1937
:GP Guillamont
:Nice - La Turbie
;1938
:Nice - Annot - Nice
:Circuit des Alpes
;1939
:Alès
:Circuit des Maures Toulon
:Circuit du Mont Ventoux
:GP Côte d'Azur
:Ronde du Gard
:Tour du Vaucluse
;1940
:Nice
;1941
:Circuit du Mont Ventoux
:La Turbie
:Nice-Mont Chauve
:Prix d'Amberieu
:Saint-Chamond
;1942
:GP Haute Savoie
;1944
:GP de Cagnes sur Mer
;1945
:Circuit du Limousin
:GP Côte d'Azur
:GP de Provence
:GP Nice
:Trophée International du Sud-Ouest
:Paris-Reims
;1946
:A Travers Lausanne
:Nice - Mont Agel
:Four Days of Switzerland
:
Paris–Nice
;1947
:Lausanne
:
Tour de France
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:
::Winner stage 8 and 10
::7th place overall classification
;1948
:GP de l'Echo d'Oran
:
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
:
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
:
::8th place overall classification
;1950
:Pau
External links
* retrieved 8 Dec 2010
Official Tour de France results for Fermo Camellini
1914 births
2010 deaths
Italian male cyclists
French male cyclists
Italian emigrants to France
Italian Tour de France stage winners
Sportspeople from the Province of Reggio Emilia
Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna
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