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Edward Van Dijck

1918 - 1977

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Edward (Ward) Van Dijck (22 March 1918 – 22 April 1977) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer during the 1940s and 1950s. Van Dijck became the second Belgian to win the Spanish Grand Tour at the 1947 Vuelta a España—which covered 24 stages and 3,893 km—upsetting Spaniards Manuel Costa and 1945 Vuelta champion Delio Rodríguez. The following year, he won the 16th stage in the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Van Dijck is the 130th most popular cyclist (up from 137th in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 591st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Edward Van Dijck ranks 130 out of 1,613. Before him are Bernardo Ruiz, Georges Ronsse, Learco Guerra, Pedro Delgado, Ferdinand Bracke, and Knut Knudsen. After him are Carlos Sastre, Cipriano Chemello, Marino Basso, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Michel Pollentier, and Bernard Leene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward Van Dijck ranks 188. Before him are Ted Post, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Margaret Osborne duPont, Alfred Bickel, and Anatoly Tarasov. After him are Otis Bowen, Cameron Mitchell, George Constantine, Hermann Zapf, Georgios Rallis, and Anne Stine Ingstad. Among people deceased in 1977, Edward Van Dijck ranks 166. Before him are Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, José Perácio, Siegfried Buback, André Labatut, Gustave Gilbert, and Philipp Etter. After him are Richard Addinsell, Antonino Rocca, Louis Clarke, Casimiro Torres, Kōichi Kido, and Brian McGuire.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 566 out of 1,190. Before him are Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Arno (1949), Nelly Landry (1916), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), and Hugo Broos (1952). After him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri de Brouckère (1801), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), and Felix de Muelenaere (1793).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 29. Before him are André Noyelle (1931), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Jean Aerts (1907), Georges Ronsse (1906), and Ferdinand Bracke (1939). After him are Michel Pollentier (1951), Claude Criquielion (1957), Maurice Peeters (1882), Johan Museeuw (1965), Jef Planckaert (1934), and Willy Planckaert (1944).

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