Édouard Fachleitner (24 February 1921 – 18 July 2008) was a French former professional road bicycle racer. He was an Italian citizen until 23 June 1939. He was a professional between 1943 and 1952. Fachleitner's best results were overall victories in the 1948 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 1950 Tour de Romandie and second place overall in the 1947 Tour de France.[2] He also won the one-day races GP d'Armagnac (1945), Ajaccio-Bastia (1946), Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence (1946) and GP de Cannes (1950).
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Édouard Fachleitner |
| Nickname | Le Berger de Manosque (The Shepherd of Manosque)[1] |
| Born | 24 February 1921 Sveta Nedelja, Italy |
| Died | 18 July 2008 (aged 87) Manosque, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Major results
edit- 1945
- 1st, GP d'Armagnac
- 1946
- 1st, Ajaccio-Bastia
- 1st, Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
- 1947
- 2nd, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 11
- 1948
- 1st, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2nd Stage 4a
- 1950
- 1st, GP de Cannes
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 3rd, Stage 1b
- 3rd, Stage 4
References
edit- ^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
External links
edit- Édouard Fachleitner at Cycling Archives (archived)
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