Émile Carrara Explained
| Émile Carrara |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Argenteuil, France |
| Death Place: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 1943–1945 |
| Amateurteam1: | VC Levallois |
| Proyears1: | 1946 |
| Proyears2: | 1947 |
| Proyears3: | 1948–1953 |
| Proteam3: | Carrara–Dunlop |
| Proyears4: | 1954 |
| Proteam4: | Ideor |
| Proyears5: | 1955 |
| Proyears6: | 1957 |
| Proteam6: | Essor |
| Proyears7: | 1958–1959 |
Émile Carrara (11 January 1925 – 28 April 1992) was a French professional road and track cyclist.[1] On the track, he notably won a total of nine six-day races as well as the national pursuit championships in 1947. On the road, his biggest victory was the 1944 Grand Prix des Nations.[2]
Major results
Road
- 1944
1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 1945
1st
1st Paris–Mantes
2nd Grand Prix des Nations
- 1946
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1947
1st Critérium des As
2nd Critérium National de la RouteTrack
- 1947
1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 1949
1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Raymond Goussot)
1st (with Raymond Goussot)
- 1951
1st Six Days of Berlin 1 (with Guy Lapébie)
1st Six Days of Berlin 2 (with Heinz Zoll)
1st Six Days of Hanover (with Guy Lapébie)
1st Six Days of Munich (with Guy Lapébie)
- 1952
1st Six Days of Hanover (with Georges Senfftleben)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Guy Lapébie)
1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Georges Senfftleben)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Guy Lapébie)
1st (with Georges Senfftleben)
- 1953
2nd Madison, European Track Championships
- 1954
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dominique Forlini)Notes and References
- Web site: Émile Carrara . Museo del Ciclismo . museociclismo.it . 6 November 2021.
- Web site: Émile Carrara . ProCyclingStats . 6 November 2021.
