CYCLIST

Georges Ronsse

1906 - 1969

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Georges Ronsse (4 March 1906, Antwerp - 4 July 1969, Berchem) was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938.In addition to his several national and world championships, Ronsse won several of the classic races in road cycling including the 1925 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1927 Paris–Roubaix, and the 1927, 1929 and 1930 editions of the now-defunct Bordeaux–Paris. He won his first world championship title in 1928 in Budapest with a lead of 19 minutes and 43 seconds over second-placed finisher Herbert Nebe, the largest winning margin in road world championship history. In 1932, Ronsse capped off his career with a Stage 4 win at the 1932 Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Ronsse has received more than 22,822 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Ronsse is the 122nd most popular cyclist (down from 101st in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 508th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Georges Ronsses by language

Over the past year Georges Ronsse has had the most page views in the with 2,496 views, followed by French (1,687), and Dutch (1,604). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (101.63%), Egyptian Arabic (79.07%), and Portuguese (74.70%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Georges Ronsse ranks 122 out of 1,613. Before him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Fritz Schär, Albert Richter, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Ferdinand Bracke, and Miguel Poblet. After him are Viatcheslav Ekimov, Claude Criquielion, Italo De Zan, Roger Lapébie, Guido Reybrouck, and Chris Froome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Georges Ronsse ranks 252. Before him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emerson Spencer, Madeleine Carroll, Tuvia Bielski, V. J. Sukselainen, and Maurice Sachs. After him are Wolfgang Staudte, Jacqueline Cochran, Jaroslav Burgr, Alf Andersen, Emília Rotter, and Milutin Ivković. Among people deceased in 1969, Georges Ronsse ranks 159. Before him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Ernst Deutsch, Enrique Peñaranda, Ture Nerman, Fred Alexander, and Albert Hill. After him are Gisela Arendt, Marek Hłasko, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Ludwig Berger, Margarita Xirgu, and René Guillot.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Ronsse ranks 566 out of 1,190. Before him are Charles de Broqueville (1860), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri Grégoire (1881), Arthur Legat (1898), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), and Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763). After him are Claude Criquielion (1957), Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Camille Lemonnier (1844), Virginie Efira (1977), and Henri Pousseur (1929).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Georges Ronsse ranks 27. Before him are Sylvère Maes (1909), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Jean Aerts (1907), Michel Pollentier (1951), Marcel Kint (1914), and Ferdinand Bracke (1939). After him are Claude Criquielion (1957), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Edward Van Dijck (1918), André Noyelle (1931), Germain Derycke (1929), and Paul Deman (1889).

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