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Paolo Bettini

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Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 and 2007 World Road Race Championships. He is nicknamed Il Grillo ("the cricket") for his repeated sudden attacks and his sprinting style. He gained prominence by winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2000 and 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Paolo Bettini is the 276th most popular cyclist (down from 227th in 2024), the 3,917th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,827th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Paolo Bettini ranks 276 out of 1,613. Before him are Maurice Moucheraud, Fernand Decanali, Pasquale Fornara, Václav Machek, Vasco Bergamaschi, and Antonio Suárez. After him are Lothar Thoms, Gianni Bugno, Dino Bruni, Jesús Loroño, Cadel Evans, and Ludo Dierckxsens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Paolo Bettini ranks 193. Before him are Nina Persson, Preta Gil, Jerry O'Connell, Serhiy Zhadan, Leslie Bibb, and Satoshi Yashiro. After him are Seth Green, Eiji Takada, Alexandre Lopes, Raphaël Poirée, Mario Haas, and Mladen Krstajić.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Bettini ranks 3,917 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea Stella (1971), Francesco Maselli (1930), Elvio Banchero (1904), Giampaolo Menichelli (1938), and Pietro Speciale (1876). After him are Baldassare Reina (1970), Vitantonio Liuzzi (1980), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Guido Crosetto (1963), Paolo Cannavaro (1981), Andrew Viterbi (1935), and Salvatore Morale (1938).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Paolo Bettini ranks 56. Before him are Giovanni Pettenella (1943), Franco Balmamion (1940), Davide Rebellin (1971), Marco Cimatti (1913), Pasquale Fornara (1925), and Vasco Bergamaschi (1909). After him are Dino Bruni (1932), Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Ivan Basso (1977), Antonio Maspes (1932), Giovanni Micheletto (1889), and Nino Borsari (1911).

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