Giuseppe "Pino" Cerami (28 April 1922 – 20 September 2014) was a Belgian

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. He joined the professional peloton in 1946 as an independent. Born in

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he was naturalised as a Belgian on 16 March 1956. Cerami won the 1960 Paris–Roubaix Classic with Tino Sabbadini of France second and

Miguel Poblet Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he b ...

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 The 1963 Tour de France was the 50th instance of that Grand Tour. It took place between 23 June and 14 July, with 21 stages covering a distance of . Stages 2 and 6 were both two part stages, the first half being a regular stage and the second hal ...

, Cerami won the 9th stage at 41 years old; Cerami is the oldest Tour de France stage winner ever. Since 1964 the

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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

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;1959 : 3rd stage

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

;1960 : Paris–Roubaix :

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;1961 : Paris–Brussels : Brabantse Pijl ;1963 : 9th stage

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 ...

Tour de France

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

- did not finish *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

- 35th *

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

- did not finish *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

- 81st *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

- did not finish; winner 9th stage

References

External links

Pino Cerami's palmares at memoire-du-cyclisme.net (in French)Pino Cerami at cyclinghalloffame.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerami, Pino 1922 births 2014 deaths Sportspeople from the Province of Catania Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Walloon sportspeople Naturalised citizens of Belgium People from Misterbianco Cyclists from Sicily