1979 - Today
Alessandro Ballan (born 6 November 1979 in Castelfranco Veneto, Veneto) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI World Tour team BMC Racing Team. He is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships, in 2008. Although he possessed a frame that was usually more associated with climbing, Ballan established himself as a leading spring classics contender. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Ballan has received more than 65,755 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Ballan is the 443rd most popular cyclist (down from 408th in 2019), the 4,083rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,595th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Alessandro Ballan ranks 443 out of 1,214. Before him are Joan Llaneras, Fabio Baldato, Laurent Brochard, Luke Roberts, Vasil Kiryienka, and Franco Pellizotti. After him are Tom Steels, Kristina Vogel, Bart Brentjens, Simon Yates, Juan Antonio Flecha, and Jacky Durand.
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 437
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 438
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 439
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 440
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 441
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 442
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 443
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 444
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.52
Rank: 445
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.51
Rank: 446
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 447
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 448
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 449
Among people born in 1979, Alessandro Ballan ranks 374. Before him are Blanca Soto, Darren Lynn Bousman, Petra Němcová, Emily Swallow, Gerardo Torrado, and Bo Svensson. After him are Jennifer Finnigan, Park Si-yeon, Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira, Scott Porter, Marco Caneira, and Bob Bryar.
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 368
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 369
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 370
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 371
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 372
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 373
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 374
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 375
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 376
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 377
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 378
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 379
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 380
Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Ballan ranks 4,083 out of 4,668. Before him are Milena Miconi (1971), Christof Innerhofer (1984), Roberto Bolle (1975), Franco Pellizotti (1978), Valerio Fiori (1969), and Alessio Figalli (1984). After him are Danilo Gallinari (1988), Vito Mannone (1988), Luigi Negri (1956), Hachim Mastour (1998), Ilary Blasi (1981), and Gigi Galli (1973).
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 4,077
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 4,078
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 4,079
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 4,080
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 4,081
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 4,082
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 4,083
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 4,084
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 4,085
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 4,086
1998 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 4,087
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 4,088
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 4,089
Among cyclists born in Italy, Alessandro Ballan ranks 83. Before him are Francesco Casagrande (1970), Paolo Savoldelli (1973), Giovanni Lombardi (1969), Elia Viviani (1989), Fabio Baldato (1968), and Franco Pellizotti (1978). After him are Ivan Gotti (1969), Stefano Garzelli (1973), Giuseppe Guerini (1970), Filippo Ganna (1996), Riccardo Riccò (1983), and Filippo Pozzato (1981).
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 77
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 78
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 79
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 80
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 81
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 82
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 83
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 84
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.75
Rank: 85
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 86
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.58
Rank: 87
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 88
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.79
Rank: 89