CYCLIST

Laurent Fignon

1960 - 2010

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Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Fignon has received more than 626,471 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent Fignon is the 26th most popular cyclist (up from 33rd in 2019), the 2,064th most popular biography from France (up from 2,586th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Cyclist.

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  • 56.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Laurent Fignon ranks 26 out of 1,613. Before him are Luis Ocaña, Alfredo Binda, Sante Gaiardoni, Tom Simpson, Philippe Thys, and Roger Pingeon. After him are Octave Lapize, Jan Janssen, Lucien Van Impe, Rik Van Steenbergen, Nicolas Frantz, and François Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Laurent Fignon ranks 77. Before him are Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, Gazebo, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Igor Belanov, and Richard Ramirez. After him are Steve Vai, Simonetta Sommaruga, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Hiroshi Amano, Yannick Noah, and Leos Carax. Among people deceased in 2010, Laurent Fignon ranks 77. Before him are Iskandar of Johor, Fess Parker, Malcolm McLaren, Günter Behnisch, Alexander McQueen, and Teddy Scholten. After him are Johan Ferrier, Peter Graves, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Pierre Hadot, Irvin Kershner, and Maurice Wilkes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Fignon ranks 2,064 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Carrière (1849), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Paul Virilio (1932), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688), and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749). After him are Robert Estienne (1503), Léon Duguit (1859), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), and Jeanne Lanvin (1867).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Laurent Fignon ranks 7. Before him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Raymond Poulidor (1936), Bernard Hinault (1954), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Henri Cornet (1884), and Roger Pingeon (1940). After him are Octave Lapize (1887), François Faber (1887), Louison Bobet (1925), Louis Trousselier (1881), Roger Walkowiak (1927), and Antonin Magne (1904).

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