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Paul Deman

1889 - 1961

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Polydore (Pol) Deman (25 April 1889 in Rekkem, West Flanders, Belgium – 31 July 1961 in Outrijve, Belgium) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for 15 years from 1909 to 1924, and a carpet maker by trade. He won the first Tour of Flanders race in 1913 at the age of 25, defeating a field of 37 riders over a 330 km course that ended with 4 laps of the wooden track around a small pond at Mariakerke, the suburb of Ghent. He won the gruelling 592 km Bordeaux–Paris in 1914. His career almost ended with the first world war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Deman is the 247th most popular cyclist (down from 157th in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 618th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Paul Deman ranks 247 out of 1,613. Before him are Toni Merkens, Mario Ghella, Frans De Mulder, Renato Perona, Alfredo Dinale, and Fabio Casartelli. After him are Vincenzo Nibali, Cyrille Guimard, Serge Blusson, Jürgen Kissner, Harry Ryan, and Moreno Argentin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Paul Deman ranks 243. Before him are Anna Kéthly, Otakar Vindyš, Suzanne Duchamp, Virgilio Mantegazza, Thomas Hart Benton, and Otto Scheff. After him are Miguel Mariano Gómez, Stanley Morison, Dirk Coster, Frederico Paredes, Roberto Ferrari, and Teresa de la Parra. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul Deman ranks 163. Before him are Maud Wagner, Earle Page, Herman Glass, Eliseo Mouriño, Ferdinand Bie, and Richard Gunn. After him are Harry Ryan, Suryakant Tripathi, Anne Sewell Young, Albert Oldman, Ruth Chatterton, and Francesco Severi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Deman ranks 701 out of 1,190. Before him are Philibert Smellinckx (1911), Hans Eworth (1520), Luc Nilis (1967), Thorgan Hazard (1993), Oscar De Cock (1881), and Maurice Carême (1899). After him are Jacques Duquesne (1940), Frank De Winne (1961), Toby Alderweireld (1989), Lode Wouters (1929), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), and Herman Teirlinck (1879).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Paul Deman ranks 44. Before him are Frans Verbeeck (1941), Jean Brankart (1930), Roger Swerts (1942), Walter Planckaert (1948), Johan De Muynck (1948), and Frans De Mulder (1937). After him are Lode Wouters (1929), Philippe Gilbert (1982), Wout van Aert (1994), Ludo Peeters (1953), Frank Vandenbroucke (1974), and Johan Bruyneel (1964).

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