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
1 individual stage (1947)Stage races Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1948)One-day races and Classics |
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).