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Edward Van Dijck

1918 - 1977

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Edward (Ward) Van Dijck (22 March 1918 – 22 April 1977) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer during the 1940s and 1950s. Van Dijck became the second Belgian to win the Spanish Grand Tour at the 1947 Vuelta a España—which covered 24 stages and 3,893 km—upsetting Spaniards Manuel Costa and 1945 Vuelta champion Delio Rodríguez. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Van Dijck has received more than 13,239 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Van Dijck is the 96th most popular cyclist (up from 118th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 491st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Edward Van Dijck ranks 96 out of 1,214. Before him are Robert Charpentier, Giovanni Brunero, Jean-Pierre Monseré, Miguel Poblet, Sean Kelly, and Marino Basso. After him are Heinz Müller, Adri van der Poel, Vittorio Adorni, Alejandro Valverde, Georges Ronsse, and Lucien Aimar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward Van Dijck ranks 176. Before him are Gottfried von Einem, Alfred Bickel, Ted Post, Mike Wallace, Josef Bradl, and Russell Kirk. After him are Robert Walker, Anne Shirley, Alexander Galich, Zara Dolukhanova, André Pilette, and Max Merkel. Among people deceased in 1977, Edward Van Dijck ranks 153. Before him are Pascual Pérez, Alexander Volkov, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Ethel Waters, Nicolae Kovács, and Peter Carl Goldmark. After him are Alexander Galich, Raymond Bernard, Rodolfo Walsh, Lūcija Garūta, Paul Bernays, and Mike Parkes.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 500 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Henri Jaspar (1870), Jacques Moeschal (1900), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), and Ivo Van Damme (1954). After him are Jan Vertonghen (1987), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), and Edgard Colle (1897).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 24. Before him are Briek Schotte (1919), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Jean Aerts (1907), Marcel Kint (1914), Romain Maes (1912), and Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948). After him are Georges Ronsse (1906), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Johan Museeuw (1965), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Germain Derycke (1929), and Claude Criquielion (1957).

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