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Franco Ballerini

1964 - 2010

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Franco Ballerini (11 December 1964 – 7 February 2010) was an Italian road racing cyclist. Born in Florence, his greatest exploits as a rider came with his two victories in the cycling classic Paris–Roubaix, riding for the Mapei cycling team. In 1993 he was beaten on the line by Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle in an exciting Paris–Roubaix finale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Ballerini has received more than 62,844 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Ballerini is the 268th most popular cyclist (down from 241st in 2019), the 3,734th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,302nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Franco Ballerini ranks 268 out of 1,214Before him are Floyd Landis, Toni Merkens, Clarence Kingsbury, Cipriano Chemello, Sante Gaiardoni, and Pierfranco Vianelli. After him are Fernand Decanali, Guglielmo Segato, Tony Martin, Gordon Thomas, Maurice Moucheraud, and Óscar Freire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Franco Ballerini ranks 348Before him are Kurt Wimmer, Afshin Ghotbi, Mark Esper, Rosie Perez, Wael Nader al-Halqi, and Anneke von der Lippe. After him are Oleg Kononenko, Musashi Mizushima, Miguel Varoni, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Peter Wohlleben, and Carlos Aguilera. Among people deceased in 2010, Franco Ballerini ranks 341Before him are Avi Cohen, Vladimir Motyl, Joe Mantell, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Joseph Serge Miot, and David Brown. After him are Tom Mankiewicz, Alexandru Neagu, Ronald Pettersson, Kanu Sanyal, Park Yong-ha, and Patricia Wrightson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Ballerini ranks 3,734 out of 4,668Before him are Alfredo Panzini (1863), Gelindo Bordin (1959), Antonio Candreva (1987), Giampaolo Mazza (1956), Luca Turilli (1972), and Edera Cordiale (1920). After him are Federico Bernardeschi (1994), Pietro Paolo Virdis (1957), Aldo Maldera (1953), Lou Albano (1933), Pier Carlo Padoan (1950), and Guglielmo Segato (1906).

Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Franco Ballerini ranks 57Before him are Giovanni Pettenella (1943), Maurizio Fondriest (1965), Giovanni Bramucci (1946), Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Antonio Maspes (1932), and Cipriano Chemello (1945). After him are Guglielmo Segato (1906), Dino Bruni (1932), Sergio Bianchetto (1939), Gianbattista Baronchelli (1953), Michele Scarponi (1979), and Ugo Colombo (1940).