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Jan Raas

1952 - Today

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Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Raas has received more than 84,543 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Raas is the 94th most popular cyclist (up from 124th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 637th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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  • 57.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jan Raas ranks 94 out of 1,613. Before him are Georges Speicher, Albert Taillandier, Costante Girardengo, Jacques Dupont, Francisco Cepeda, and Paul Chocque. After him are Gerben Karstens, Jean Stablinski, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Mario Cipollini, Jean-Pierre Monseré, and René Pottier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jan Raas ranks 276. Before him are Karen Shakhnazarov, Randy Crawford, Udo Voigt, Jim Ratcliffe, Gregg Henry, and John Lurie. After him are Johnny Thunders, Benito Floro, Sandra Kalniete, Kurban Berdyev, Daniel Balavoine, and Dumitru Prunariu.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Raas ranks 622 out of 1,646. Before him are Victor Marijnen (1917), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Henk Groot (1938), Suzanne Manet (1829), Ard Schenk (1944), and Maggie MacNeal (1950). After him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Gerben Karstens (1942), Jan de Quay (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), and Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Jan Raas ranks 7. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Jan Janssen (1940), Adri van der Poel (1959), Hennie Kuiper (1949), Jan de Vries (1944), and Arie den Hartog (1941). After him are Gerben Karstens (1942), Peter Post (1933), René Pijnen (1946), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Gerrit Voorting (1923), and Bernard Leene (1903).

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