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André Darrigade

1929 - Today

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André Darrigade (born 24 April 1929) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those Tour victories were on opening days, a record tied by Fabian Cancellara in 2012 (who won 4 prologues and an individual time trial in 2009). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Darrigade is the 137th most popular cyclist (down from 129th in 2019), the 4,081st most popular biography from France (up from 4,127th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, André Darrigade ranks 137 out of 1,613Before him are Carlos Sastre, Cipriano Chemello, Marino Basso, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Michel Pollentier, and Bernard Leene. After him are Giuseppe Olmo, Guy Lapébie, Francesco Camusso, Gaetano Belloni, Vicente Trueba, and Benoni Beheyt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, André Darrigade ranks 312Before him are Rolan Bykov, Slavko Avsenik, Paul England, Burhan Sargun, Cordelia Edvardson, and Horst Frank. After him are Jacques Plante, Walter Berry, Mikhail Simonov, Costa Pereira, Sunil Dutt, and Petr Eben.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Darrigade ranks 4,081 out of 6,770Before him are José Bové (1953), Serge Lama (1943), Christiane Rochefort (1917), Jacques Rozier (1926), Robert Guédiguian (1953), and Louis Saha (1978). After him are Michel Aupetit (1951), Pierre Weiss (1865), Charles Angrand (1854), Guy Lapébie (1916), Vincent Candela (1973), and Dany Dauberson (1925).

Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, André Darrigade ranks 28Before him are Jean Robic (1921), Georges Speicher (1907), Albert Taillandier (1879), José Beyaert (1925), Robert Charpentier (1916), and Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876). After him are Guy Lapébie (1916), Jeannie Longo (1958), Michel Rousseau (1936), Jean Cugnot (1899), Armand Blanchonnet (1903), and Robert Marchand (1911).