CYCLIST

Johan Museeuw

1965 - Today

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Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed The Lion of Flanders, he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s. He won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix three times and was road world champion in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Museeuw has received more than 182,614 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Museeuw is the 178th most popular cyclist (down from 132nd in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 546th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Johan Museeuw ranks 178 out of 1,613Before him are Antonio Pesenti, Vicente Trueba, Angelo Conterno, Jonas Vingegaard, Johan De Muynck, and Emilio Rodríguez. After him are Cyrille Guimard, Carsten Wolf, Leif Mortensen, Robert Charpentier, Delio Rodríguez, and Fabio Casartelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Johan Museeuw ranks 224Before him are Akylbek Japarov, Dexter Holland, Noah Emmerich, Juliane Köhler, Yacouba Isaac Zida, and Yasutoshi Miura. After him are Ali Lamine Zeine, Alexei Mordashov, Salou Djibo, Owen Hart, Merab Ninidze, and David Reimer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johan Museeuw ranks 634 out of 1,190Before him are Frans Verbeeck (1941), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Thomas Meunier (1991), Johan De Muynck (1948), Frans Schollaert (1851), and Suzanne Lilar (1901). After him are Bob Benny (1926), Jean Thissen (1946), Julien Cools (1947), Thorgan Hazard (1993), Victor Leemans (1901), and Georges Theunis (1873).

Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Johan Museeuw ranks 36Before him are Edward Van Dijck (1918), André Noyelle (1931), Germain Derycke (1929), Paul Deman (1889), Frans Verbeeck (1941), and Johan De Muynck (1948). After him are Frans De Mulder (1937), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Jef Planckaert (1934), Roger Swerts (1942), Willy Planckaert (1944), and Wout van Aert (1994).