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Jan Raas

1952 - Today

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Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times. In his entire career he competed in 23 of the highly contested "Monument" Races and he finished on the podium in almost half of them: 1st place four times and 3rd place six times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Raas is the 103rd most popular cyclist (down from 94th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 622nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jan Raas ranks 103 out of 1,613. Before him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Georges Speicher, Mario Zanin, Fritz Schär, Raymond Impanis, and Giovanni Brunero. After him are Germain Derycke, André Noyelle, Jan Ullrich, Vittorio Adorni, Bernhard Britz, and Albert Taillandier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jan Raas ranks 266. Before him are Luis Moreno Ocampo, Roseanne Barr, Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai, Ed Lee, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Benito Floro. After him are Gabriele Oriali, Robledo Puch, Delroy Lindo, John Lurie, Clayton Christensen, and Bora Đorđević.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Raas ranks 583 out of 1,646. Before him are Fons Rademakers (1920), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Volcher Coiter (1534), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562). After him are Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), Nigel de Jong (1984), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876), Peter R. de Vries (1956), and Corneille de Lyon (1500).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Jan Raas ranks 5. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Jan Janssen (1940), Hennie Kuiper (1949), and Adri van der Poel (1959). After him are 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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