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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 164,126 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Federico Bahamontes is the 19th most popular cyclist (down from 12th in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from Spain (down from 456th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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  • 4.70

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Federico Bahamontes ranks 19 out of 1,214Before him are Alfredo Binda, François Faber, Charly Gaul, Roger De Vlaeminck, Henri Cornet, and Joop Zoetemelk. After him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Philippe Thys, Hugo Koblet, Nicolas Frantz, Lucien Petit-Breton, and Jan Janssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Federico Bahamontes ranks 142Before him are Mihály Lantos, Seki Matsunaga, Donald Judd, Enrique Bolaños, Yaacov Agam, and Jean Kennedy Smith. After him are Nick Holonyak, Juan María Bordaberry, Vidal Sassoon, Lorna Wing, Cannonball Adderley, and László Budai. Among people deceased in 2023, Federico Bahamontes ranks 91Before him are Wayne Shorter, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gianluca Vialli, Anne Perry, Charlie Munger, and Ruslan Khasbulatov. After him are Amitai Etzioni, Chaim Topol, Lisa Marie Presley, Piper Laurie, Ken Mattingly, and Oleg Protopopov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Federico Bahamontes ranks 639 out of 2,932Before him are Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), José de Acosta (1540), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Elsa Pataky (1976), and Clara Campoamor (1888). After him are Santillana (1952), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Pedro Arrupe (1907), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550).

Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Federico Bahamontes ranks 2Before him are Miguel Induráin (1964). After him are Luis Ocaña (1945), José Manuel Fuente (1945), Alberto Contador (1982), Julio Jiménez (1934), Alejandro Valverde (1980), Fernand Sanz (1881), Pedro Delgado (1960), Emilio Rodríguez (1923), Vicente Trueba (1905), and Bernardo Ruiz (1925).