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Gerrie Knetemann

1951 - 2004

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Gerard Friedrich Knetemann (6 March 1951 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship. He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1977 and 1980. A four-time winner of the Ronde van Nederland, he also rode the Tour de France 11 times between 1974 and 1987, winning 10 stages, a Dutch record equalled only by Jan Raas and Joop Zoetemelk. Knetemann won 127 races as a professional. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerrie Knetemann is the 144th most popular cyclist (up from 198th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 794th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 144 out of 1,613. Before him are Giuseppe Olmo, Guy Lapébie, Francesco Camusso, Gaetano Belloni, Vicente Trueba, and Benoni Beheyt. After him are Peter Post, Delio Rodríguez, Tadej Pogačar, Carlo Oriani, Primož Roglič, and Anton Tkáč.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 317. Before him are Patrick Bergin, Bill Atkinson, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Dean Barrow, Mario Delpini, and Marijan Beneš. After him are Charles Shyer, Mike Thompson, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, David Almond, Ramón Puerta, and Anton Tkáč. Among people deceased in 2004, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 190. Before him are Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, John Peel, John Drew Barrymore, Sara Lidman, Janet Akyüz Mattei, and Jacek Kuroń. After him are Kenneth E. Iverson, Bryce DeWitt, Philip Arthur Fisher, Leonel Brizola, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Bagrat Shinkuba.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 657 out of 1,646. Before him are Anouk (1975), Bernard Leene (1903), Neelie Kroes (1941), Paulus Bor (1601), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and Willem Roelofs (1822). After him are Dirck Barendsz (1534), Peter Post (1933), Ramon Dekkers (1969), Frans van der Lugt (1938), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), and Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 10. Before him are Adri van der Poel (1959), Jan Raas (1952), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Gerben Karstens (1942), and Bernard Leene (1903). After him are Peter Post (1933), Gerrit Voorting (1923), René Pijnen (1946), Harm Ottenbros (1943), Joseph Bruyère (1948), and Jan Pijnenburg (1906).

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