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Louison Bobet

1925 - 1983

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Louis "Louison" Bobet (pronounced [lwi.zɔ̃ bɔ.be]; 12 March 1925 – 13 March 1983) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louison Bobet is the 42nd most popular cyclist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,656th most popular biography from France (down from 2,321st in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Louison Bobet ranks 42 out of 1,613. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler, Laurent Fignon, Odile Defraye, Léon Scieur, Ottavio Bottecchia, and Walter Godefroot. After him are Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, Luigi Ganna, Hugo Koblet, and Sylvère Maes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Louison Bobet ranks 164. Before him are Pavel Belyayev, Bob Hastings, Serge Dassault, Paul Wild, Donald O'Connor, and Yuval Ne'eman. After him are John DeLorean, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Maurice Pialat, Roger Hanin, Johnny Carson, and June Whitfield. Among people deceased in 1983, Louison Bobet ranks 83. Before him are Ralph Richardson, Tino Rossi, Artemio Franchi, Shizo Kanakuri, Marcel Dalio, and Eric Hoffer. After him are Joan Robinson, Bernard Vukas, Hennes Weisweiler, Rebecca West, Donald Maclean, and Corrie ten Boom.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louison Bobet ranks 2,656 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Augustin Pajou (1730), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), and Jacques de Vitry (1170). After him are Valery Larbaud (1881), Georges Guynemer (1894), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Pierre Leroux (1797), and Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Louison Bobet ranks 11. Before him are Henri Cornet (1884), François Faber (1887), Louis Trousselier (1881), René Pottier (1879), Octave Lapize (1887), and Laurent Fignon (1960). After him are Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Roger Pingeon (1940), Roger Walkowiak (1927), Bernard Thévenet (1948), and Jean Stablinski (1932).

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