CYCLIST

Denis Menchov

1978 - Today

Photo of Denis Menchov

Icon of person Denis Menchov

Denis Nikolayevich Menshov (often mistakenly romanized as Menchov, Денис Николаевич Меньшов; born 25 January 1978) is a former professional Russian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2000 and 2013. He was best known as a general classification rider, a climber and an accomplished time trialist. In 2005 he finished second in the Vuelta a España and in 2007 he finished as the champion. He also won the centenary Giro d'Italia in 2009 and finished second in the Tour de France in 2010 becoming the first Russian to do so. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Menchov is the 260th most popular cyclist (up from 341st in 2019), the 1,991st most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,433rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Denis Menchov by language

Loading...

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Denis Menchov ranks 260 out of 1,613. Before him are Danny Clark, Jonas Vingegaard, Pierre Adam, Viatcheslav Ekimov, Mogens Frey, and Erik Pettersson. After him are Lode Wouters, Giovanni Pettenella, Franco Balmamion, Davide Rebellin, Joseph Rosemeyer, and Charles Schlee.

Most Popular Cyclists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Denis Menchov ranks 138. Before him are Andy Samberg, John Legend, Emppu Vuorinen, Ani Lorak, José González, and Edu Gaspar. After him are Alexis Amore, Maksim Shatskikh, Bajrakitiyabha, Michaela Conlin, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Janine Jansen.

Others Born in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Menchov ranks 1,991 out of 3,761. Before him are Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938), Aleksandr Timoshinin (1948), Boris Lagutin (1938), Ivan Petrovsky (1901), Pavel Lungin (1949), and Matvey Gusev (1826). After him are Afanasy Beloborodov (1903), Isaak Zelensky (1890), Sergei Slonimsky (1932), Avdotia Istomina (1799), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), and Sergey Gorodetsky (1884).

Others born in Russia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CYCLISTS In Russia

Among cyclists born in Russia, Denis Menchov ranks 4. Before him are Andrei Tchmil (1963), Sergei Sukhoruchenkov (1956), and Viatcheslav Ekimov (1966). After him are Pavel Tonkov (1969), Evgeni Berzin (1970), Dimitri Konyshev (1966), Anatoly Chukanov (1954), Sergei Ivanov (1975), Alexandr Kolobnev (1981), Olga Zabelinskaya (1980), and Viktor Manakov (1960).

Russian born Cyclists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous