CYCLIST

Edwig Van Hooydonck

1966 - Today

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Edwig Van Hooydonck (born 4 August 1966 in Ekeren) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times. Van Hooydonck retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwig Van Hooydonck has received more than 40,033 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwig Van Hooydonck is the 379th most popular cyclist (up from 421st in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 784th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Edwig Van Hooydonck ranks 379 out of 1,613. Before him are Erik Breukink, Tony Martin, Sepp Kuss, Samuel Sánchez, Levi Leipheimer, and Yaroslav Popovych. After him are Charly Mottet, Marco Giovannetti, Dimitri Konyshev, Sven Nys, Ronald Stretton, and Reno Olsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Edwig Van Hooydonck ranks 428. Before him are Niklas Zennström, David Benatar, Sarita Choudhury, Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, Yevgeny Mironov, and Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes. After him are Cláudia Raia, Yoshinori Kitase, Alessio Boni, Dimitri Konyshev, Roman Kosecki, and Jing Haipeng.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Edwig Van Hooydonck ranks 837 out of 1,190. Before him are Etienne De Wilde (1958), Remco Evenepoel (2000), Gaston Salmon (1878), Roger Laurent (1913), Axelle Red (1968), and Adnan Januzaj (1995). After him are Bart Goor (1973), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Sven Nys (1976), Veerle Baetens (1978), Daniel Veyt (1956), and Lode Wouters (1929).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Edwig Van Hooydonck ranks 58. Before him are Ludo Peeters (1953), Rudy Dhaenens (1961), Eric Vanderaerden (1962), Frank Hoste (1955), Etienne De Wilde (1958), and Remco Evenepoel (2000). After him are Sven Nys (1976), Lode Wouters (1929), Peter Van Petegem (1970), Nick Nuyens (1980), Daniel Willems (1956), and Bradley Wiggins (1980).

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