CYCLIST

Lucien Van Impe

1946 - Today

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Lucien Van Impe (pronounced [lʏsˈjɛɱ vɑn ˈɪmpə]; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucien Van Impe has received more than 103,285 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Van Impe is the 29th most popular cyclist (up from 34th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 319th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lucien Van Impes by language

Over the past year Lucien Van Impe has had the most page views in the with 23,957 views, followed by Dutch (14,433), and English (11,887). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Low Saxon (65.17%), Galician (50.36%), and Basque (36.97%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lucien Van Impe ranks 29 out of 1,613. Before him are Tom Simpson, Philippe Thys, Roger Pingeon, Laurent Fignon, Octave Lapize, and Jan Janssen. After him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Nicolas Frantz, François Faber, Louison Bobet, Patrick Sercu, and Francisco Gabica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Lucien Van Impe ranks 188. Before him are Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Bernd Hölzenbein, Joe Dante, Willy van der Kuijlen, Sawao Kato, and Alpha Oumar Konaré. After him are Ellison Onizuka, André Dussollier, Irena Szewińska, Maria Bethânia, Matthieu Ricard, and Jean-Pierre Jarier.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Lucien Van Impe ranks 267 out of 1,190. Before him are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Pierre de Decker (1812), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), and Jean Stas (1813). After him are Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Camille Huysmans (1871), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Enzo Scifo (1966), Gustaaf Deloor (1913), and Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Lucien Van Impe ranks 5. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), and Philippe Thys (1889). After him are Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Patrick Sercu (1944), Odile Defraye (1888), Firmin Lambot (1886), Léon Scieur (1888), Freddy Maertens (1952), and Briek Schotte (1919).

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