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Roger Walkowiak

1927 - 2017

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Roger Walkowiak (pronounced [ʁɔ.ʒe wal.kov.jak]; 2 March 1927 – 6 February 2017) was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Walkowiak is the 56th most popular cyclist (down from 41st in 2019), the 3,021st most popular biography from France (down from 2,754th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Roger Walkowiak ranks 56 out of 1,613. Before him are Georgios Koletis, Freddy Maertens, Roger Pingeon, Romain Maes, Gastone Nencini, and Henry Hansen. After him are Stan Ockers, Ercole Baldini, Guido Messina, Briek Schotte, Fiorenzo Magni, and Erik De Vlaeminck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Roger Walkowiak ranks 175. Before him are Yitzhak Hofi, Allan Kaprow, Franco Maria Malfatti, Josef Posipal, Adhemar da Silva, and Oleg Yefremov. After him are Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Carlos Romero, Werner Liebrich, John Ashbery, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, and Ahmad Jannati. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Walkowiak ranks 195. Before him are Peter Berling, Carlo Caffarra, Cecil Andrus, Isabella Karle, Mary Tyler Moore, and Robert James Waller. After him are Dritëro Agolli, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Imre Földi, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, John Ashbery, and Michael Bond.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Walkowiak ranks 3,021 out of 6,770. Before him are Oscar Cullmann (1902), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Olivier Panis (1966), Jacques Babinet (1794), and Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836). After him are Eugène Schneider (1805), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Claude Bolling (1930), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Decentius (300), and Jean-Jacques Henner (1829).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Roger Walkowiak ranks 15. Before him are Octave Lapize (1887), Laurent Fignon (1960), Louison Bobet (1925), Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), and Roger Pingeon (1940). After him are Bernard Thévenet (1948), Jean Stablinski (1932), Charles Coste (1924), Jacques Dupont (1928), Lucien Aimar (1941), and Antonin Magne (1904).

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