1980 - Today
Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julien Absalon has received more than 136,057 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Julien Absalon is the 427th most popular cyclist (down from 417th in 2019), the 5,026th most popular biography from France (down from 4,394th in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Julien Absalon ranks 427 out of 1,214. Before him are Edwig Van Hooydonck, Ellen van Dijk, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Anna van der Breggen, Fabio Jakobsen, and Sean Yates. After him are Major Taylor, Gustav Larsson, Giovanni Lombardi, Niki Terpstra, Mikel Landa, and Beat Breu.
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 421
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 422
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 423
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 424
1996 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 425
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 426
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 427
1878 - 1932
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 428
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 429
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 430
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 431
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 432
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 433
Among people born in 1980, Julien Absalon ranks 314. Before him are Angel Coulby, Anne Spiegel, Ashanti, Alexandra Jiménez, Philippe Lacheau, and Jamal Crawford. After him are Alen Simonyan, Sebastián Battaglia, K.Maro, Gustav Larsson, Fabio Coltorti, and Felipe Reyes.
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 308
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 309
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 310
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 311
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 312
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 313
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 314
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 315
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 316
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 317
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 318
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 319
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 320
Among people born in France, Julien Absalon ranks 5,026 out of 6,011. Before him are Stéphane Ruffier (1986), Camille Muffat (1989), Jérôme Fernandez (1977), Franck Lagorce (1968), Hassan Yebda (1984), and Philippe Lacheau (1980). After him are Saphir Taïder (1992), Cédric Carrasso (1981), Jason Kouchak (1969), Charles Pic (1990), Bernard Blancan (1958), and Ludovic Obraniak (1984).
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 5,020
1989 - 2015
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 5,021
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 5,022
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.14
Rank: 5,023
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 5,024
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 5,025
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 5,026
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 5,027
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 5,028
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 5,029
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 5,030
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 5,031
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 5,032
Among cyclists born in France, Julien Absalon ranks 57. Before him are Jean-François Bernard (1962), Jean-René Bernaudeau (1956), Thomas Voeckler (1979), Luc Leblanc (1966), Raymond Martin (1949), and Éric Caritoux (1960). After him are Laurent Brochard (1968), Jacky Durand (1967), Sylvain Chavanel (1979), Christophe Moreau (1971), Miguel Martinez (1976), and Cédric Vasseur (1970).
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 51
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 52
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 53
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 54
1949 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 55
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 56
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 57
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 58
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 59
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.22
Rank: 60
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.12
Rank: 61
1976 - Present
HPI: 34.57
Rank: 62
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.30
Rank: 63