Cyclist

Rik Van Looy

1933 - 2024

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His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Rik Van Looy is the 4th most popular cyclist (up from 16th in 2024), the 97th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among Cyclists

Among cyclists, Rik Van Looy ranks 4 out of 1,613. Before him are Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, and Jacques Anquetil. After him are Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, Miguel Induráin, Tom Simpson, and Lucien Petit-Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Rik Van Looy ranks 45. Before him are Robert Curl, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jerry Falwell, Costa-Gavras, Joan Collins, and Ilia II of Georgia. After him are Bernardo Provenzano, Samora Machel, John Hopfield, Gian Maria Volonté, Gene Wilder, and Lee Radziwill. Among people deceased in 2024, Rik Van Looy ranks 49. Before him are Tsung-Dao Lee, Melanie, Frank Farian, Roberto Cavalli, Sebastián Piñera, and César Luis Menotti. After him are Robin Warren, Ismail Haniyeh, Niklaus Wirth, Shelley Duvall, Kris Kristofferson, and Gena Rowlands.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Rik Van Looy ranks 97 out of NaN. Before him are Morris (1923), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Matilda of Flanders (1031), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Jacques Piccard (1922), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602). After him are Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Paul Delvaux (1897), Gilles Binchois (1400), and Joachim Patinir (1480).

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Among Cyclists In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Rik Van Looy ranks 2. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945). After him are Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Philippe Thys (1889), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), and Sylvère Maes (1909).

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