Born in Misterbianco, Sicily (Italy) on 28th April 1922, Giuseppe Pino Cerami grew up in Belgium. His family left Italy when he was 5. They wanted to go to the USA, but settled down in Belgium, near to Charleroi. Cerami was officially naturalised as a Belgian in 1956.
His career started in 1947 and ended in 1964. His best year was 1960 when he won Paris-Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and gained the 3rd place at the World Championship. He was the first winner of De Brabantse Pijl (1961) and the oldest Tour de France stage winner ever (at the age of 41 in 1963).
The GP Pino Cerami (since 1964) is named after him. His nephew with the same name was also a professional rider between 1987 and 1989.
His professional teams:
1948 Metropole-Dunlop
1949–1954 Peugeot-Dunlop
1955–1956 Elvé-Peugeot
1957 Peugeot-BP
1958 Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan
1959–1962 Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1963 Peugeot-BP
Pino Cerami died on 20 September 2014.