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Gerrie Knetemann

1951 - 2004

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Gerard Friedrich "Gerrie" Knetemann (6 March 1951 in Amsterdam – 2 November 2004 in Bergen, North Holland) was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship. He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1977 and 1980. A four-time winner of the Ronde van Nederland, he also rode the Tour de France 11 times between 1974 and 1987, winning 10 stages, a Dutch record equalled only by Jan Raas and Joop Zoetemelk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerrie Knetemann has received more than 90,621 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerrie Knetemann is the 198th most popular cyclist (down from 174th in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 712th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 198 out of 1,613. Before him are Davide Rebellin, Nino Defilippis, René Pijnen, Piotr Ugrumov, Imerio Massignan, and Georgios Koletis. After him are Mario Zanin, Frederick Keeping, Giovanni Valetti, Giuseppe Saronni, Georges Passerieu, and Dietrich Thurau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 385. Before him are Bindu, Luc Millecamps, Eva Rueber-Staier, Nana Patekar, Barbara Morgan, and Thibault Damour. After him are Alexander Rosenbaum, Sally Mann, Spike Edney, Ivar Formo, Cristine Rose, and Sanja Ilić. Among people deceased in 2004, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 237. Before him are Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, André Hazes, Tom Turesson, Albert Mol, Zurab Sakandelidze, and Fred Ramdat Misier. After him are Ol' Dirty Bastard, Quorthon, Natalya Baranskaya, Kamisese Mara, Jan Sterling, and Thea Beckman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 794 out of 1,646. Before him are André Hazes (1951), Nida Senff (1920), Jasper Cillessen (1989), Nicolaas Pierson (1839), Albert Mol (1917), and Jan Burgers (1895). After him are Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Renée Soutendijk (1957), Theo Heemskerk (1852), Winston Bogarde (1970), Michael Bleekemolen (1949), and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Gerrie Knetemann ranks 11. Before him are Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Jan Raas (1952), Gerben Karstens (1942), Peter Post (1933), and René Pijnen (1946). After him are Gerrit Voorting (1923), Bernard Leene (1903), Harm Ottenbros (1943), Annemiek van Vleuten (1982), Joseph Bruyère (1948), and Johan van der Velde (1956).

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