Édouard Fachleitner Explained

Édouard Fachleitner
Fullname:Édouard Fachleitner
Nickname:Le Berger de Manosque (The Shepherd of Manosque)[1]
Birth Date:24 February 1921
Birth Place:Sveta Nedelja, Italy
Death Place:Manosque, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (1947)Stage races

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1948)One-day races and Classics

Tour de Romandie (1950)

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).

Major results

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme . Vergne . Laurent. 22 July 2015. Eurosport. French . Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling. 11 April 2016.
    2. Web site: 34ème Tour de France 1947. Memoire du cyclisme. French. 22 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034216/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1947.php. 1 March 2012.