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Rafał Majka

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Rafał Majka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrafaw ˈmajka]; born 12 September 1989) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. He is known as a strong climber, and rose to prominence at the 2013 Giro d'Italia, where he finished 7th overall, and 6th one year later; he has taken fifteen victories during his professional career. Other major achievements are three mountainous stage wins in the Tour de France, two victories in the mountains classification at the race (2014 and 2016), and two stages and the overall victory at the 2014 Tour de Pologne. He achieved his only Grand Tour podium finish at the 2015 Vuelta a España, where he finished third. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal for Poland in the road race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafał Majka is the 364th most popular cyclist (up from 523rd in 2019), the 1,243rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,378th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rafał Majka ranks 364 out of 1,613Before him are Klaus-Jürgen Grünke, Annemiek van Vleuten, Frank Hoste, Peter Winnen, Günter Haritz, and Andreas Klöden. After him are Eddy Planckaert, Roberto Heras, Serhiy Honchar, Ronald Stretton, Robert Fowler, and Joaquim Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Rafał Majka ranks 130Before him are Yu Wenxia, Agnieszka Radwańska, Sunny, Angelababy, Óscar de Marcos, and Dustin Poirier. After him are Moussa Sissoko, Sofiane Feghouli, Giacomo Bonaventura, Kyohei Oyama, Adel Taarabt, and Kim So-eun.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Rafał Majka ranks 1,243 out of 1,694Before him are Agnieszka Radwańska (1989), Artur Boruc (1980), Stefan Majewski (1956), Władysław Hasior (1928), Jacek Kaczmarski (1957), and Barbara Sobotta (1936). After him are Jan Domarski (1946), Marian Dudziak (1941), Jerzy Stefan Stawiński (1921), Andrzej Badeński (1943), Stanisław Szozda (1950), and Janusz Wojciechowski (1954).

Among CYCLISTS In Poland

Among cyclists born in Poland, Rafał Majka ranks 5Before him are Ryszard Szurkowski (1946), Józef Lange (1897), Tomasz Stankiewicz (1902), and Jürgen Colombo (1949). After him are Zenon Jaskuła (1962), Michał Kwiatkowski (1990), Czesław Lang (1955), Zbigniew Spruch (1965), Katarzyna Niewiadoma (1994), Przemysław Niemiec (1980), and Sylwester Szmyd (1978).