CYCLIST

Francisco Gabica

1937 - 2014

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Francisco Gabicagogueascoa Ibarra (31 December 1937 – 7 July 2014) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1961 and 1972. Of his 21 professional victories, Gabica is most famous for winning the 1966 Vuelta a España, besting runner-up Eusebio Vélez and third-place finisher Carlos Echeverría, both compatriots. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Gabica has received more than 17,609 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Gabica is the 35th most popular cyclist (up from 173rd in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,449th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Francisco Gabica ranks 35 out of 1,613. Before him are Lucien Van Impe, Rik Van Steenbergen, Nicolas Frantz, François Faber, Louison Bobet, and Patrick Sercu. After him are Ottavio Bottecchia, Odile Defraye, Louis Trousselier, Rudi Altig, Ferdinand Kübler, and Roger Walkowiak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Francisco Gabica ranks 146. Before him are Dan Shomron, John Kennedy Toole, Tung Chee-hwa, Mintimer Shaimiev, Jay Rockefeller, and Waylon Jennings. After him are Marie Dubois, Eduard Uspensky, Eduard Streltsov, Facundo Cabral, Emerich Jenei, and Edward Fox. Among people deceased in 2014, Francisco Gabica ranks 124. Before him are Go Seigen, Viktor Tikhonov, Alicia Rhett, Tommy Ramone, Andrea de Cesaris, and Wolfhart Pannenberg. After him are Marie Dubois, Alexander Imich, Peter Sculthorpe, Cristina Deutekom, Karlheinz Deschner, and Gloria Leonard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Gabica ranks 737 out of 3,355. Before him are Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532), Luis Ricardo Falero (1851), El Risitas (1956), Qadi Iyad (1083), Alejandro Lerroux (1864), and Ferrer Bassa (1285). After him are Manuel García (1775), Joaquín Peiró (1936), Muhammad IV of Granada (1315), Luisa de Guzmán (1613), Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911), and Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1363).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Francisco Gabica ranks 4. Before him are Federico Bahamontes (1928), Miguel Induráin (1964), and Luis Ocaña (1945). After him are 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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