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Philippe Gilbert

1982 - Today

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Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for being a rare versatile rider who was able to win four of the five very different profile cycling monuments and also the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne (2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián (2011), the Tour of Flanders (2017), and Paris–Roubaix (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Gilbert is the 269th most popular cyclist (up from 282nd in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 760th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Philippe Gilbert ranks 269 out of 1,613. Before him are Franco Balmamion, Davide Rebellin, Joseph Rosemeyer, Charles Schlee, Marco Cimatti, and Alan Newton. After him are Maurice Moucheraud, Fernand Decanali, Pasquale Fornara, Václav Machek, Vasco Bergamaschi, and Antonio Suárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Philippe Gilbert ranks 134. Before him are Jack Swagger, Dan Stevens, Natalie Coughlin, Damon Wayans Jr., Jaroslav Plašil, and LA Knight. After him are Lizzy Caplan, Charlie Cox, Halil Altıntop, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Asafa Powell, and İbrahim Çelikkol.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Gilbert ranks 724 out of 1,190. Before him are Joseph Vissers (1928), Henri Dirickx (1927), Marcel Van Crombrugge (1880), Jacky Munaron (1956), Bob Benny (1926), and Alexis Chantraine (1901). After him are Théodore Nouwens (1908), Bernard Lietaer (1942), Theo Custers (1950), Ferdinand Feyerick (1865), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), and Axel Merckx (1972).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Philippe Gilbert ranks 46. Before him are Roger Swerts (1942), Walter Planckaert (1948), Johan De Muynck (1948), Frans De Mulder (1937), Paul Deman (1889), and Lode Wouters (1929). After him are Wout van Aert (1994), Ludo Peeters (1953), Frank Vandenbroucke (1974), Johan Bruyneel (1964), Eric Vanderaerden (1962), and Remco Evenepoel (2000).

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