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| Full name | Giuseppe Cerami | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pino | ||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1922 Belgium |
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||
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| 1946-1947 1948 1949-1954 1955-1956 1957 1958 1959-1962 1963 |
Independent Metropole-Dunlop Peugeot-Dunlop Elvé-Peugeot Peugeot-BP Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan Peugeot-BP-Dunlop Peugeot-BP |
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| Infobox last updated on 25 June 2009 |
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Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami (born 28 April 1922 in Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy) is a former Belgian road bicycle racer. He joined the professional peloton in 1946 as an independent. 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.[1]
Since 1964 the GP Pino Cerami professional cycling race has taken place every year in Belgium.
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| Preceded by Noel Fore |
Winner of Paris–Roubaix 1960 |
Succeeded by Rik van Looy |