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Johan Museeuw

1965 - Today

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Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed The Lion of Flanders, he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s. He won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times and was road world champion in 1996. Other notable career achievements include two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, two final classifications of the UCI Road World Cup, two national road race championships and several classic cycle races. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Museeuw is the 165th most popular cyclist (up from 178th in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 635th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Johan Museeuw ranks 165 out of 1,613. Before him are Chris Froome, Leonard Meredith, Gianni Motta, Michel Rousseau, Alfred Swift, and Jean Cugnot. After him are Marino Morettini, Peter Sagan, Renato Longo, Sante Gaiardoni, Armand Blanchonnet, and Sergei Sukhoruchenkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Johan Museeuw ranks 201. Before him are Yoshiki, Trent Reznor, Mauro Gambetti, Merab Ninidze, Michael Dell, and Alan Cumming. After him are Aleqa Hammond, Sylvie Guillem, Sergi López, Eugene Kaspersky, Carina Lau, and Karin Kneissl.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johan Museeuw ranks 613 out of 1,190. Before him are Andrei Kozyrev (1951), Maurice Peeters (1882), FM-2030 (1930), Jacques Tits (1930), Ludo Martens (1946), and Gérard Cooreman (1852). After him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Matthias Schoenaerts (1977), Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), Virginie Efira (1977), and Henri De Deken (1907).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Johan Museeuw ranks 33. Before him are Georges Ronsse (1906), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Edward Van Dijck (1918), Michel Pollentier (1951), Claude Criquielion (1957), and Maurice Peeters (1882). After him are Jef Planckaert (1934), Willy Planckaert (1944), Tom Boonen (1980), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Frans Verbeeck (1941), and Jean Brankart (1930).

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