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Hennie Kuiper

1949 - Today

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Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five "Monument" classics. He rode the Tour de France 12 times, finishing second twice and winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez on two occasions. Kuiper, Ercole Baldini, Paolo Bettini and Remco Evenepoel are the only riders to have won both the Olympic road race and the world professional road race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hennie Kuiper is the 66th most popular cyclist (up from 71st in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 527th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Hennie Kuiper ranks 66 out of 1,613. Before him are Briek Schotte, Fiorenzo Magni, Erik De Vlaeminck, Herman Van Springel, Josef Fischer, and Lucien Buysse. After him are Costante Girardengo, Alberto Contador, Tony Rominger, Gösta Pettersson, José Manuel Fuente, and Italo De Zan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Hennie Kuiper ranks 251. Before him are Paulo Cézar Caju, Rob Cohen, Pierre Buyoya, Hamadi Jebali, Jamil Mahuad, and Alain Finkielkraut. After him are Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, John Illsley, Dado Topić, Michael Richards, Agostina Belli, and Jim Carroll.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hennie Kuiper ranks 480 out of 1,646. Before him are Wim Ruska (1940), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587), and Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934). After him are Maarten Schmidt (1929), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Willem Drost (1633), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Junkie XL (1967), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Hennie Kuiper ranks 3. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), and Jan Janssen (1940). After him are Adri van der Poel (1959), Jan Raas (1952), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Gerben Karstens (1942), Bernard Leene (1903), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Peter Post (1933), and Gerrit Voorting (1923).

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