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Adri van der Poel

1959 - Today

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Adri van der Poel (born 17 June 1959) is a retired Dutch cyclist. Van der Poel was a professional from 1981 to 2000. His biggest wins included six classics, two stages of the Tour de France and the World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adri van der Poel has received more than 207,081 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Adri van der Poel is the 55th most popular cyclist (up from 98th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 589th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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  • 53.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Adri van der Poel ranks 55 out of 1,613. Before him are Briek Schotte, Lucien Buysse, Herman Van Springel, Walter Godefroot, Aristidis Konstantinidis, and Erik De Vlaeminck. After him are Tony Rominger, August von Gödrich, Gastone Nencini, Alberto Contador, Stan Ockers, and Maurice De Waele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Adri van der Poel ranks 133. Before him are Helmuth Duckadam, Roberto Fiore, Henry Czerny, R. A. Salvatore, Jonathan Franzen, and Patrick Bruel. After him are Hassan Diab, Ferzan Özpetek, Brian Thompson, Mark Williams, Vincent Lindon, and Sigmar Gabriel.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adri van der Poel ranks 482 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Ketel (1548), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Dick van Dijk (1946), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), and Wim Ruska (1940). After him are Pieter Pourbus (1523), Gerard Reve (1923), Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), and Barent Fabritius (1624).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Adri van der Poel ranks 3. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), and Jan Janssen (1940). After him are Hennie Kuiper (1949), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Jan Raas (1952), Gerben Karstens (1942), Peter Post (1933), René Pijnen (1946), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), and Gerrit Voorting (1923).

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