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Lucien Petit-Breton

1882 - 1917

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Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917) was a French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton, pronounced [ly.sjɛ̃ pə.ti.bʁə.tɔ̃]), known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he took the nationality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucien Petit-Breton has received more than 59,277 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lucien Petit-Breton is the 9th most popular cyclist (up from 24th in 2019), the 1,541st most popular biography from France (up from 2,161st in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Lucien Petit-Breton has had the most page views in the with 14,696 views, followed by English (8,180), and Spanish (3,213). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (103.66%), Simple English (97.04%), and Piedmontese (71.43%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 9 out of 1,613. Before him are Federico Bahamontes, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor, Gino Bartali, Maurice Garin, and Bernard Hinault. After him are Miguel Induráin, Felice Gimondi, Lance Armstrong, Hugo Koblet, Joop Zoetemelk, and Henri Cornet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 69. Before him are Subramania Bharati, Dušan Simović, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Johnny Torrio, John Rabe, and Friedrich Dollmann. After him are Eduard Spranger, Korney Chukovsky, Husband E. Kimmel, Germaine Dulac, Joaquín Turina, and Leopold Stokowski. Among people deceased in 1917, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 29. Before him are Dadabhai Naoroji, Léon Bloy, Jean Gaston Darboux, Adolph Wagner, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, and Hugo Simberg. After him are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Émile Boirac, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Gustav von Schmoller, and Kristian Birkeland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 1,541 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756), Étienne Marcel (1315), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), John of Matha (1150), and Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517). After him are Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Eugène Schueller (1881), Henri Murger (1822), Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Lucien Petit-Breton ranks 4. Before him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Raymond Poulidor (1936), and Bernard Hinault (1954). After him are Henri Cornet (1884), Roger Pingeon (1940), Laurent Fignon (1960), Octave Lapize (1887), François Faber (1887), Louison Bobet (1925), Louis Trousselier (1881), and Roger Walkowiak (1927).

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