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CYCLIST

Alessandro Ballan

1979 - Today

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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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  • 24

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  • 4.93

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  • 2.60

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Alessandro Ballan ranks 443 out of 1,214Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Alessandro Ballan ranks 374Before 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.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Ballan ranks 4,083 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Alessandro Ballan ranks 83Before 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).