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Ottavio Bottecchia

1894 - 1927

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Ottavio Bottecchia (pronounced [otˈtaːvjo botˈtekkja]; 1 August 1894 – 15 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France. He was found injured and unconscious by a roadside and died a few days later; the exact circumstances of his accident remain a mystery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottavio Bottecchia is the 40th most popular cyclist (down from 36th in 2019), the 2,264th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,132nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 40 out of 1,613. Before him are Francesco Moser, Jan Janssen, Ferdinand Kübler, Laurent Fignon, Odile Defraye, and Léon Scieur. After him are Walter Godefroot, Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, and Luigi Ganna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 97. Before him are Friedrich Hossbach, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, René Fonck, Max Weinreich, Jerzy Neyman, and Pavel Rybalko. After him are Alexander Lippisch, Ivan Isakov, Georges Guynemer, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Claude Cahun, and Friedrich Pollock. Among people deceased in 1927, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 59. Before him are Hermann Abert, Louise Abbéma, Vasily Polenov, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, and Wilhelm Stenhammar. After him are Louise Catherine Breslau, Oscar Swahn, Lizzie Borden, Inayat Khan, Luigi Luzzatti, and Victoria Woodhull.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 2,264 out of 5,161. Before him are Barbara Longhi (1552), Angelica Catalani (1780), Prospero Colonna (1452), Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933), Matteo Salvini (1973), and Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano (1690). After him are Margaret Paleologa (1510), Édouard Herzen (1877), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Théodolinde de Beauharnais (1814), Giuseppe Betori (1947), and Duris of Samos (-340).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 8. Before him are Maurice Garin (1871), Gino Bartali (1914), Felice Gimondi (1942), Alfredo Binda (1902), Marco Pantani (1970), and Francesco Moser (1951). After him are Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), Fiorenzo Magni (1920), Costante Girardengo (1893), and Italo De Zan (1925).

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