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Erik Zabel

1970 - Today

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Erik Zabel (German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪk ˈt͡saːbl̩] ; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all time. Zabel won a record nine points classifications in grands tours including the points classification in the Tour de France six consecutive years between 1996 and 2001 and the points classification in the Vuelta a España in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Zabel has received more than 274,278 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Erik Zabel is the 260th most popular cyclist (down from 243rd in 2019), the 5,153rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,567th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Erik Zabel ranks 260 out of 1,613. Before him are Lucien Michard, Tom Boonen, Victor Johnson, Victor Fontan, Gustav-Adolf Schur, and Rolf Järmann. After him are Oleksandr Fedenko, Jean Graczyk, Pierre Adam, Charles Henry Bartlett, Joseph Bruyère, and Loris Campana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Erik Zabel ranks 233. Before him are Àlex Crivillé, Yang Hyun-suk, Tamara Taylor, Oleg Tsaryov, Alex Barros, and Moreno Torricelli. After him are Oleksandr Fedenko, Vladimir Grbić, Anne-Marie Duff, Marco Etcheverry, Yuriy Nikiforov, and Hao Haidong.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erik Zabel ranks 5,153 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Schütz (1926), Heiko Maas (1966), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Sandra Nasić (1976), Georg Holtzendorff (null), and Kito Lorenc (1938). After him are Rudolf Lippert (1900), Karl Lauterbach (1963), Uwe Ochsenknecht (1956), Frauke Petry (1975), Karl Allgöwer (1957), and Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Erik Zabel ranks 11. Before him are Albert Richter (1912), Heinz Müller (1924), Carsten Wolf (1964), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Olaf Ludwig (1960), and Gustav-Adolf Schur (1931). After him are Toni Merkens (1912), Marcel Kittel (1988), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Uwe Ampler (1964), Joseph Rosemeyer (1872), and Jürgen Kissner (1942).

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