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Laurent Fignon

1960 - 2010

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Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Fignon came close to winning the Tour de France for a third time in 1989 but was narrowly defeated by Greg LeMond by eight seconds, marking the closest margin ever to decide the Tour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent Fignon is the 37th most popular cyclist (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,559th most popular biography from France (down from 2,064th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Laurent Fignon ranks 37 out of 1,613. Before him are Marco Pantani, Octave Lapize, Firmin Lambot, Francesco Moser, Jan Janssen, and Ferdinand Kübler. After him are Odile Defraye, Léon Scieur, Ottavio Bottecchia, Walter Godefroot, Louison Bobet, and Rudi Altig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Laurent Fignon ranks 109. Before him are Craig Mello, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Melissa Leo, Johnny Briceño, Kevin Carter, and Ersin Tatar. After him are Mauro Tassotti, Carlos Mozer, Didier Burkhalter, Mohamed Bazoum, Hussein al-Houthi, and Stefano Casiraghi. Among people deceased in 2010, Laurent Fignon ranks 108. Before him are Ziba Ganiyeva, Jill Clayburgh, Abraham Sutzkever, Luis Corvalán, Dimitrios Ioannidis, and Dick Francis. After him are Martin Sandberger, Andrei Voznesensky, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Charlie Wilson, Alexander McQueen, and Solomon Burke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Fignon ranks 2,559 out of 6,770. Before him are Élisabeth Borne (1961), Georges Claude (1870), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Boulanger (1824), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), and César-François Cassini de Thury (1714). After him are Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), Manitas de Plata (1921), Émile Combes (1835), Charles Munch (1891), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), and Louis Couperin (1626).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Laurent Fignon ranks 10. Before him are Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Henri Cornet (1884), François Faber (1887), Louis Trousselier (1881), René Pottier (1879), and Octave Lapize (1887). After him are Louison Bobet (1925), Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Roger Pingeon (1940), Roger Walkowiak (1927), and Bernard Thévenet (1948).

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