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Freddy Maertens

1952 - Today

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Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of another Belgian rider, Eddy Merckx, and supporters and reporters were split over who was better. Maertens' career swung between winning more than 50 races in a season to winning almost none and then back again. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freddy Maertens has received more than 136,869 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Freddy Maertens is the 41st most popular cyclist (up from 49th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 347th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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  • 52.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Freddy Maertens ranks 41 out of 1,214. Before him are Rudi Altig, Octave Lapize, Patrick Sercu, Henri Pélissier, Firmin Lambot, and Sylvère Maes. After him are Odile Defraye, Josef Fischer, Stan Ockers, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Lucien Buysse, and Roger Walkowiak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Freddy Maertens ranks 160. Before him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Bell hooks, Abbas al-Musawi, Mitch Pileggi, Charlie Whiting, and Rosemarie Ackermann. After him are Lam Ching-ying, Jeff Lindsay, Gennady Timchenko, Kaija Saariaho, Sergio Marchionne, and Johann Schneider-Ammann.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Freddy Maertens ranks 358 out of 1,019. Before him are Edgar P. Jacobs (1904), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Alexander De Croo (1975), Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress (1190), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), and Yolande Moreau (1953). After him are Odile Defraye (1888), Camille Huysmans (1871), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Paul van Zeeland (1893), and Stan Ockers (1920).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Freddy Maertens ranks 10. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Philippe Thys (1889), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), and Sylvère Maes (1909). After him are Odile Defraye (1888), Stan Ockers (1920), Lucien Buysse (1892), Maurice De Waele (1896), Walter Godefroot (1943), and Léon Scieur (1888).

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