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Jean Robic

1921 - 1980

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Jean Robic (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔ.bik]; 10 June 1921 – 6 October 1980) was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature (1.61m, 60 kg) and appearance was encapsulated in his nickname Biquet (Kid goat). For faster, gravity-assisted descents, he collected drinking bottles ballasted with lead or mercury at the summits of mountain climbs and "cols". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Robic is the 94th most popular cyclist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 3,669th most popular biography from France (down from 3,599th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jean Robic ranks 94 out of 1,613. Before him are Miguel Poblet, Willy Hansen, Tommy Godwin, Benjamin Jones, Antonin Magne, and Enzo Sacchi. After him are Sean Kelly, Lionel Cox, Rolf Wolfshohl, Georges Speicher, Mario Zanin, and Fritz Schär.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean Robic ranks 231. Before him are Milorad Pavić, Brian Keith, Imre Kovács, Willem Frederik Hermans, Sune Andersson, and Ursula Franklin. After him are Carmen Laforet, Kathleen Antonelli, Harry Schell, Joseph A. Walker, Simin Daneshvar, and Ziya Bunyadov. Among people deceased in 1980, Jean Robic ranks 163. Before him are Nihat Erim, Sanjay Gandhi, Jan Werich, Dorothy Day, Terence Fisher, and Boris Delaunay. After him are Katherine Anne Porter, Ángel Sanz Briz, Fatmawati, Rachel Roberts, Pyotr Masherov, and Marcel Langiller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Robic ranks 3,669 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Fabre (1882), Louis Lumière (1864), Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766), Éric Serra (1959), Claude Bourgelat (1712), and Georges Descrières (1930). After him are Philippe Étancelin (1896), Jacques Cujas (1522), Rosa Vercellana (1833), Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), and Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Jean Robic ranks 22. Before him are Bernard Thévenet (1948), Jean Stablinski (1932), Charles Coste (1924), Jacques Dupont (1928), Lucien Aimar (1941), and Antonin Magne (1904). After him are Georges Speicher (1907), Albert Taillandier (1879), José Beyaert (1925), Robert Charpentier (1916), Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876), and André Darrigade (1929).

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