Émile Carrara (cyclist)

Émile Carrara (born January 11, 1925 in Argenteuil , † May 14, 1992 in Copenhagen ) was a French cyclist .

Émile Carrara was a professional cyclist from 1946 to 1959 and raced on track and road . In 1944, still as an amateur, he won the French one-day race Grand Prix des Nations , which was rated as a "sensation", and in 1947 as a professional, the Critérium des As . Also in 1947 he was French champion in the single pursuit on the track. As an amateur, he won some of the most important races for French amateurs, such as Paris-Evreux and Paris-Mantes , both in 1945. He had won his first French championship title with his club in 1943 in the team pursuit .

From the beginning of the 1950s, Carrara focused on six-day races . He started a total of 59, of which he won ten, including four times the Berlin six-day race . The audience wrote for the darling woman "Only the legs of Carrara do that" (based on the melody of the song "That only the legs of Dolores do" by Detlev Lais ). Twice, in 1952 and 1958 (both times with Georges Senfftleben ), he was vice European champion in two-man team driving . In addition, he won the Prix Dupré-Lapize railway competition in Paris three times - in 1948, 1949 and 1952 - twice with Raymond Goussot and once (1952) with Georges Senfftleben.

Émile Carrara married a Danish woman and settled in Copenhagen. His son Pascal was also a cyclist and was a two-time Danish champion in the team pursuit .

References and comments

^ Pascal Sergent: Encyclopedie illustree des coureurs francais depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 136 .
^ Gerd Rensmann: 6-day race . Mülheim 1984, no p.
↑ European championships that took place before the "Union Européenne de Cyclisme" (UEC) was founded in 1995 are considered unofficial, as they were usually invitation races.

literature

Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de Nacht . 100 years of zesdaagsen. Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 196.

Web links

Émile Carrara in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Carrara, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Argenteuil
DATE OF DEATH	May 14, 1992
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Pascal Sergent: Encyclopedie illustree des coureurs francais depuis 1869 . Editions Eecloonaar, Eeklo 1998, ISBN 90-74128-15-7 , pp. 136 .

[2] Gerd Rensmann: 6-day race . Mülheim 1984, no p.

[3] European championships that took place before the "Union Européenne de Cyclisme" (UEC) was founded in 1995 are considered unofficial, as they were usually invitation races.