CYCLIST

Floyd Landis

1975 - Today

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Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The competition was ultimately won by Óscar Pereiro.Landis was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing, time-trialing, and descending. He turned professional in 1999 with the Mercury Cycling Team, joined the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Floyd Landis has received more than 1,604,492 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Floyd Landis is the 353rd most popular cyclist (down from 262nd in 2019), the 10,926th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,047th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Floyd Landis by language

Over the past year Floyd Landis has had the most page views in the with 208,410 views, followed by French (25,809), and German (24,055). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (106.36%), West Frisian (68.67%), and English (67.28%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Floyd Landis ranks 353 out of 1,613Before him are Frank Hoste, Serge Blusson, Chris Horner, Andrea Tafi, Donald Burgess, and Jan Pijnenburg. After him are Oscar Camenzind, Franco Chioccioli, Jean-Paul van Poppel, Brian Holm, Giovanni Bramucci, and Raimondas Rumšas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Floyd Landis ranks 264Before him are Thomas Johansson, Kavinsky, Denis Bećirović, Ana Paula Arósio, Moon Bloodgood, and David Burtka. After him are Gastón Mazzacane, Ivan Bakanov, Juan Pablo Ángel, Frank Baumann, Jutta Urpilainen, and Balthazar Getty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Landis ranks 10,926 out of 20,380Before him are Francis George (1937), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Slide Hampton (1932), Stephen Schwartz (1948), and Jeremiah Denton (1924). After him are Steven Lindsey (1960), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Bill Weld (1945), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Billy Higgins (1936), and Brad Gilbert (1961).

Among CYCLISTS In United States

Among cyclists born in United States, Floyd Landis ranks 5Before him are Lance Armstrong (1971), Greg LeMond (1961), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), and Andrew Hampsten (1962). After him are Sepp Kuss (1994), Levi Leipheimer (1973), Tommy Godwin (1920), Tyler Hamilton (1971), Bobby Julich (1971), Major Taylor (1878), and George Hincapie (1973).