CYCLIST

Federico Bahamontes

1928 - 2023

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Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes (Spanish: [feðeˈɾiko maɾˈtim ba(a)ˈmontes]; 9 July 1928 – 8 August 2023), was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965. He won a total of nine mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a "career triple" by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Federico Bahamontes has received more than 173,329 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Federico Bahamontes is the 3rd most popular cyclist (up from 19th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Spain (up from 639th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Federico Bahamontes ranks 3 out of 1,613. Before him are Eddy Merckx, and Fausto Coppi. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor, Gino Bartali, Maurice Garin, Bernard Hinault, Lucien Petit-Breton, Miguel Induráin, Felice Gimondi, and Lance Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Federico Bahamontes ranks 42. Before him are Peyo, Hans Küng, George Peppard, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Manfred Gerlach, and Vera Rubin. After him are Herbert Kroemer, Carlos Fuentes, Francesco Cossiga, Tommaso Buscetta, Maya Angelou, and Reynaldo Bignone. Among people deceased in 2023, Federico Bahamontes ranks 50. Before him are Wolfgang Schäuble, Martin Amis, Karel Schwarzenberg, Rosalynn Carter, Pervez Musharraf, and Alan Arkin. After him are Tom Wilkinson, Otar Iosseliani, David McCallum, Miroslav Blažević, Mircea Snegur, and Lucile Randon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Federico Bahamontes ranks 214 out of 3,355. Before him are Jacinto Benavente (1866), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Alfonso the Battler (1073), and Pomponius Mela (15). After him are Eulalia of Mérida (290), Luis de Góngora (1561), Jordi Savall (1941), Fernando Sor (1778), Manuel Castells (1942), and Juan Pujol García (1912).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Federico Bahamontes ranks 1. After him are Miguel Induráin (1964), Luis Ocaña (1945), Francisco Gabica (1937), Alberto Contador (1982), José Manuel Fuente (1945), Julio Jiménez (1934), Francisco Cepeda (1906), Pedro Delgado (1960), Fernand Sanz (1881), Bernardo Ruiz (1925), and Carlos Sastre (1975).

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