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Jef Planckaert

1934 - 2007

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Joseph "Jef" Planckaert (4 May 1934 – 22 May 2007) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He is considered one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 1950s and 1960s. His best season was 1962, when he became Belgian champion at the Citadel of Namur. He won Paris–Nice and the Tour de Luxembourg, won Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and finished second in the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jef Planckaert is the 185th most popular cyclist (up from 191st in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 651st in 2019) and the 34th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jef Planckaert ranks 185 out of 1,613. Before him are Ole Ritter, Lucien Michard, Johny Schleck, Harm Ottenbros, Angelo Conterno, and Carlo Clerici. After him are Giovanni Bramucci, Alejandro Valverde, Willy Planckaert, Francisco Cepeda, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, and Mauro Gianetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jef Planckaert ranks 354. Before him are Julius Wess, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Giorgio Bassi, Vladislao Cap, Billy Paul, and Jaegwon Kim. After him are Joan Hackett, Marek Hłasko, Takayuki Kubota, Peter McParland, Yuri Vizbor, and Héctor De Bourgoing. Among people deceased in 2007, Jef Planckaert ranks 267. Before him are Huang Ju, Karen Spärck Jones, Sidney Coleman, Bohdan Paczyński, Angelo Conterno, and Carlo Clerici. After him are Raymond Kaelbel, Joseph Nérette, Giorgio Anglesio, Melville Shavelson, Tetsuo Okamoto, and Benito Lorenzi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jef Planckaert ranks 635 out of 1,190. Before him are Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Georges Grün (1962), Jules d'Anethan (1803), Gabrielle Petit (1893), and Suzanne Lilar (1901). After him are Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), Willy Planckaert (1944), and Philippe Van Parijs (1951).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Jef Planckaert ranks 34. Before him are Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Edward Van Dijck (1918), Michel Pollentier (1951), Claude Criquielion (1957), Maurice Peeters (1882), and Johan Museeuw (1965). After him are Willy Planckaert (1944), Tom Boonen (1980), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Jean Brankart (1930), and Roger Swerts (1942).

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