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References
- ↑ "Marcel Fernandez". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ "Tour de France 1951". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ "38ème Tour de France 1951". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
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