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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 101st most popular cyclist (down from 96th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 451st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Georges Ronsse ranks 101 out of 1,214Before him are Marino Basso, Edward Van Dijck, Heinz Müller, Adri van der Poel, Vittorio Adorni, and Alejandro Valverde. After him are Lucien Aimar, Ferdinand Bracke, Fabian Cancellara, Benjamin Jones, Chris Froome, and Georges Speicher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Georges Ronsse ranks 228Before him are Eitel Cantoni, Peter Carl Goldmark, Charles Malik, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Wolfgang Staudte, and Boris Papandopulo. After him are Alexander Gelfond, Tony Accardo, Milutin Ivković, Olga Taussky-Todd, Alf Andersen, and Abdylas Maldybaev. Among people deceased in 1969, Georges Ronsse ranks 141Before him are Fred Hampton, Simon Vratsian, Giovanni Martinelli, Karl Freund, Gunnar Andersson, and Julius Saaristo. After him are Ludwig Berger, Conrad Albrecht, Marek Hłasko, Ben Shahn, Ernst Deutsch, and Manuel Plaza.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Ronsse ranks 509 out of 1,019Before him are Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), Edgard Colle (1897), François Van der Elst (1954), and Koen Lenaerts (1954). After him are Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Jan Theuninck (1954), Greg (1931), and Elias M. Stein (1931).

Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Georges Ronsse ranks 25Before him are Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Jean Aerts (1907), Marcel Kint (1914), Romain Maes (1912), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), and Edward Van Dijck (1918). After him are Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Johan Museeuw (1965), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Germain Derycke (1929), Claude Criquielion (1957), and André Noyelle (1931).