CYCLIST

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 14,244 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Van Dijck is the 137th most popular cyclist (down from 96th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 499th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Edward Van Dijck ranks 137 out of 1,613. Before him are Primož Roglič, Anatoly Chukanov, Fernand Sanz, Gianni Motta, Benjamin Jones, and Carlo Clerici. After him are André Noyelle, Heinz Müller, Anton Tkáč, Germain Derycke, Vincenzo Nibali, and Raymond Impanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward Van Dijck ranks 200. Before him are Frane Matošić, Vladimir Dudintsev, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, John Bromwich, Peter Blau, and San Yu. After him are Russell Kirk, Said Mohamed Djohar, Charu Majumdar, Georges Berger, Rand Brooks, and Zara Dolukhanova. Among people deceased in 1977, Edward Van Dijck ranks 165. Before him are Louis Clarke, Tay Garnett, José Perácio, Otto Kaiser, Mike Parkes, and Leila Hyams. After him are Megumi Yokota, Martí Ventolrà, Vladimir Tributs, Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, and Peter Carl Goldmark.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 590 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri de Brouckère (1801), William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), Marcel Minnaert (1893), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jean Dockx (1941), and Luc Nilis (1967). After him are André Noyelle (1931), Joël Robert (1943), Prosper Poullet (1868), Germain Derycke (1929), Jacques Tits (1930), and Daniel Seghers (1590).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Edward Van Dijck ranks 30. Before him are Michel Pollentier (1951), Marcel Kint (1914), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Georges Ronsse (1906), Claude Criquielion (1957), and Guido Reybrouck (1941). After him are André Noyelle (1931), Germain Derycke (1929), Paul Deman (1889), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Johan De Muynck (1948), and Johan Museeuw (1965).

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