CYCLIST

Felice Gimondi

1942 - 2019

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Felice Gimondi (Italian pronunciation: [feˈliːtʃe dʒiˈmondi]; 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felice Gimondi has received more than 202,123 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Felice Gimondi is the 11th most popular cyclist, the 1,485th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,627th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Felice Gimondis by language

Over the past year Felice Gimondi has had the most page views in the with 66,980 views, followed by French (19,021), and English (18,590). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (79.33%), Lombard (77.22%), and Bulgarian (63.77%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Felice Gimondi ranks 11 out of 1,613. Before him are Raymond Poulidor, Gino Bartali, Maurice Garin, Bernard Hinault, Lucien Petit-Breton, and Miguel Induráin. After him are Lance Armstrong, Hugo Koblet, Joop Zoetemelk, Henri Cornet, Rik Van Looy, and Charly Gaul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Felice Gimondi ranks 123. Before him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Karen Grassle, Anita Pallenberg, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, and António Lobo Antunes. After him are Sixto Rodriguez, Frank Zane, Ivo Viktor, Fred Ward, Roger Ebert, and Mitch McConnell. Among people deceased in 2019, Felice Gimondi ranks 78. Before him are Dragoslav Šekularac, Jan-Michael Vincent, Vladimir Bukovsky, John Robert Schrieffer, Nikolai Kardashev, and Luke Perry. After him are André Previn, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Lee Iacocca, Šaban Šaulić, Roger Etchegaray, and Alan García.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Felice Gimondi ranks 1,485 out of 5,161. Before him are Benedict the Moor (1526), Giovanni Lanfranco (1582), Carlo Levi (1902), Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Saint Chrysogonus (250), and Fabrizio De André (1940). After him are Gian Maria Visconti (1388), Ignazio Silone (1900), Francesco Crispi (1818), Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), and Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Felice Gimondi ranks 4. Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919), Gino Bartali (1914), and Maurice Garin (1871). After him are Marco Pantani (1970), Alfredo Binda (1902), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Carlo Galetti (1882), Francesco Moser (1951), Gastone Nencini (1930), Luigi Ganna (1883), and Paolo Pedretti (1906).

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