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Robert Marchand

1911 - 2021

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Robert Marchand (26 November 1911 – 22 May 2021) was a French centenarian cyclist. He was the holder of the world record for cycling 100 km and for the distance cycled in one hour, in both the 100–104 and over-105 years old age categories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Marchand is the 175th most popular cyclist (down from 115th in 2019), the 4,302nd most popular biography from France (down from 4,058th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Robert Marchand ranks 175 out of 1,613Before him are Sante Gaiardoni, Armand Blanchonnet, Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, Alex Zülle, René Pijnen, and Fernand Sanz. After him are Roger Lapébie, Alfonso Calzolari, Angelo Damiano, Ole Ritter, Lucien Michard, and Johny Schleck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Robert Marchand ranks 254Before him are Brigitte Horney, Rudolf Raftl, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Enric Valor i Vives, Bob Kiesel, and Consalvo Sanesi. After him are Gustav Wetterström, Albina Osipowich, Mervyn Peake, Mirza Ibrahimov, Roger Lapébie, and Alfred Manessier. Among people deceased in 2021, Robert Marchand ranks 369Before him are Tatyana Tolstaya, Almudena Grandes, Jessica Walter, Sanpei Shirato, Janet Moreau, and Cornelius Sim. After him are Patrick Juvet, Kees de Jager, Chris Barber, Dimitri Kitsikis, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, and Abdelhamid Brahimi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Marchand ranks 4,302 out of 6,770Before him are Ratramnus (800), Paul Déroulède (1846), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), René Lemoine (1905), and Léopold Eyharts (1957). After him are Eugène Chaboud (1907), Émile Étienne Guimet (1836), Raymond Bernard (1891), Maurice Boitel (1919), Paul Fritsch (1901), and Marie Bell (1900).

Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Robert Marchand ranks 34Before him are André Darrigade (1929), Guy Lapébie (1916), Jeannie Longo (1958), Michel Rousseau (1936), Jean Cugnot (1899), and Armand Blanchonnet (1903). After him are Roger Lapébie (1911), Lucien Michard (1903), Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954), Paul Chocque (1910), Jean Graczyk (1933), and Maurice Perrin (1911).