CYCLIST

Claude Criquielion

1957 - 2015

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Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France. Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 world road race championship in Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Criquielion is the 154th most popular cyclist (down from 124th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 568th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Claude Criquielion ranks 154 out of 1,613Before him are Carlo Oriani, Primož Roglič, Anton Tkáč, Carlo Galetti, Stephen Roche, and Jeannie Longo. After him are Gerrit Voorting, Axel Schandorff, Andrei Tchmil, Maurice Peeters, Chris Froome, and Leonard Meredith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Claude Criquielion ranks 245Before him are Richard Powers, Brutus Beefcake, Filippo Grandi, Dubravka Šuica, Koji Suzuki, and Tony Abbott. After him are Isaach de Bankolé, Ioannis Sarmas, Assumpta Serna, Željko Ivanek, Fabrizio Meoni, and Christer Fuglesang. Among people deceased in 2015, Claude Criquielion ranks 279Before him are Francis George, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mate Trojanović, Astrid Ivask, Roberto Tucci, and Clark Terry. After him are Gerrit Voorting, Lizabeth Scott, Malcolm Fraser, James Salter, Milorad Milutinović, and Roger Rees.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Claude Criquielion ranks 606 out of 1,190Before him are Henri Pousseur (1929), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), Ludo Coeck (1955), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Simon Bening (1483), and Maurice Hemelsoet (1875). After him are Andrei Kozyrev (1951), Maurice Peeters (1882), FM-2030 (1930), Jacques Tits (1930), Ludo Martens (1946), and Gérard Cooreman (1852).

Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Claude Criquielion ranks 31Before him are Guido Reybrouck (1941), Jean Aerts (1907), Georges Ronsse (1906), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Edward Van Dijck (1918), and Michel Pollentier (1951). After him are Maurice Peeters (1882), Johan Museeuw (1965), Jef Planckaert (1934), Willy Planckaert (1944), Tom Boonen (1980), and Mathieu van der Poel (1995).