Pino Cerami

Pino Cerami
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Cerami
Nickname Pino
Born (1922-04-28)28 April 1922 [1]
Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy
Died 20 September 2014(2014-09-20) (aged 92)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Amateur team(s)
1937-45 -
Professional team(s)
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)
Infobox last updated on
20 September 2014

Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami (28 ? 1922 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.

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 wins

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

  • 1949 - did not finish
  • 1957 - 35th
  • 1958 - did not finish
  • 1962 - 81st
  • 1963 - did not finish; winner 9th stage

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