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Hugo Koblet

1925 - 1964

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Hugo Koblet (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈkoːblɛt]; 21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional. He died in a car accident amid speculation that he had committed suicide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Koblet is the 47th most popular cyclist (down from 13th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Hugo Koblet ranks 47 out of 1,613. Before him are Walter Godefroot, Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, and Luigi Ganna. After him are Sylvère Maes, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Georgios Koletis, Freddy Maertens, Roger Pingeon, and Romain Maes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Hugo Koblet ranks 179. Before him are Doris Hart, Wahiduddin Khan, Jean d'Ormesson, Marco Cé, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Uzi Narkiss. After him are Jean Raspail, Rosario Castellanos, Mai Zetterling, Željko Čajkovski, Scott Carpenter, and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. Among people deceased in 1964, Hugo Koblet ranks 78. Before him are Wanda Wasilewska, Anna Vyrubova, Julius Raab, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Samuil Marshak, and Flaminio Bertoni. After him are Hermann Breith, Rauf Orbay, Jean Ray, Ben Hecht, Otto Schniewind, and Aleksander Zawadzki.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hugo Koblet ranks 271 out of 1,015. Before him are Moritz Leuenberger (1946), Andy Hug (1964), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Daniel Peter (1836), and Doris Leuthard (1963). After him are Abraham Trembley (1710), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Leopold Kielholz (1911), Alexandre Calame (1810), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Giovanni Giacometti (1868).

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Among CYCLISTS In Switzerland

Among cyclists born in Switzerland, Hugo Koblet ranks 2. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler (1919). After him are Fritz Schär (1926), Fabian Cancellara (1981), Alex Zülle (1968), Carlo Clerici (1929), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Gianni Bugno (1964), Pascal Richard (1964), Robert Dill-Bundi (1958), Urs Zimmermann (1959), and Jakob Fuglsang (1985).

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