Édouard Fachleitner

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).

Édouard Fachleitner

Personal information
Full name	Édouard Fachleitner
Nickname	Le Berger de Manosque (The Shepherd of Manosque)[1]
Born	(1921-02-24)24 February 1921 Sveta Nedelja, Italy
Died	18 July 2008(2008-07-18) (aged 87) Manosque, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
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)

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