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Jean Robic

1921 - 1980

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Jean Robic (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔ.bik]; 10 June 1921 – 6 October 1980) was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature (1.61m, 60 kg) and appearance was encapsulated in his nickname Biquet (Kid goat). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Robic has received more than 88,944 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Robic is the 83rd most popular cyclist (down from 70th in 2019), the 3,599th most popular biography from France (down from 3,409th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Jean Robic ranks 83 out of 1,613. Before him are José Manuel Fuente, Renato Longo, Ercole Baldini, Henry Hansen, Julio Jiménez, and Fiorenzo Magni. After him are Vittorio Adorni, Attilio Pavesi, Jan de Vries, Arie den Hartog, Georges Speicher, and Albert Taillandier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean Robic ranks 220. Before him are Jetty Paerl, Leo Penn, Samuel T. Cohen, Henri Alleg, Brian Keith, and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow. After him are Kathleen Antonelli, Kazimierz Górski, Gaston Rébuffat, Gunnar Eriksson, Sune Andersson, and Imre Kovács. Among people deceased in 1980, Jean Robic ranks 160. Before him are Gerhard von Schwerin, Alberto Demicheli, Egon Pearson, André Parrot, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Farrokhroo Parsa. After him are Yakov Malik, Mantovani, C. P. Snow, Nihat Erim, José de Anchieta Fontana, and Terence Fisher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Robic ranks 3,599 out of 6,770. Before him are François de Tournon (1489), Achille Valenciennes (1794), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Lucien Simon (1861), Henri Callot (1875), and Maurice Tourneur (1876). After him are Joseph Duplessis (1725), Magda Julin (1894), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Sébastien Vaillant (1669), Peter of Bruys (1095), and Adolphe d'Archiac (1802).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Jean Robic ranks 18. Before him are Roger Walkowiak (1927), Antonin Magne (1904), Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Bernard Thévenet (1948), and Lucien Aimar (1941). After him are Georges Speicher (1907), Albert Taillandier (1879), Jacques Dupont (1928), Paul Chocque (1910), Jean Stablinski (1932), and René Pottier (1879).

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