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Jacques Anquetil

1934 - 1987

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Jacques Anquetil (pronounced [ʒak ɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field—Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes—but he did it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Anquetil has received more than 575,573 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Anquetil is the 3rd most popular cyclist, the 868th most popular biography from France (down from 696th in 2019) and the most popular French Cyclist.

Jacques Anquetil is most famous for winning the Tour de France five times.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jacques Anquetil ranks 3 out of 1,214. Before him are Eddy Merckx and Fausto Coppi. After him are Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, Raymond Poulidor, Tom Simpson, Rik Van Looy, Felice Gimondi, and Miguel Induráin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jacques Anquetil ranks 41. Before him are Roman Herzog, Tarcisio Bertone, Bill Russell, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Alan Arkin, and Bill Bixby. After him are John L. Hall, Diana Wynne Jones, Niklaus Wirth, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lansana Conté, and John Surtees. Among people deceased in 1987, Jacques Anquetil ranks 27. Before him are Andrés Segovia, Jascha Heifetz, Fahri Korutürk, Jacqueline du Pré, Lee Marvin, and Joseph Campbell. After him are Jean Anouilh, Nobusuke Kishi, Jaco Pastorius, Georg Wittig, Erskine Caldwell, and André Masson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Anquetil ranks 868 out of 6,011. Before him are Juliette Binoche (1964), Martin Schongauer (1450), Paul Delaroche (1797), Georges Brassens (1921), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), and Magnentius (303). After him are Raymond of Poitiers (1115), James Tissot (1836), Michèle Mercier (1939), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Léon Gambetta (1838), and Liliane Bettencourt (1922).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Jacques Anquetil ranks 1. After him are Bernard Hinault (1954), Raymond Poulidor (1936), François Faber (1887), Henri Cornet (1884), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Louis Trousselier (1881), René Pottier (1879), Louison Bobet (1925), Laurent Fignon (1960), Octave Lapize (1887), and Henri Pélissier (1889).

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