1914 - 2002
Marcel Kint (20 September 1914, in Zwevegem – 23 March 2002, in Kortrijk) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won 31 races between 1935 and 1951. His finest year was 1938 when he won the World Cycling Championship, three stages of the Tour de France and the season-long competition equivalent to today's UCI ProTour.He specialized in one-day classic cycle races and won Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem, Paris–Brussels. He was the only three-time consecutive winner of La Flèche Wallonne until 2016 when Alejandro Valverde won his third consecutive race and fourth overall.Kints honours would have been much bigger but at his sporting peak, his career was halted for a few years by World War II. The outbreak of the war would make Marcel Kint the longest reigning world champion in the history of cycling. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Kint has received more than 22,839 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Kint is the 79th most popular cyclist (up from 86th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 431st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Marcel Kint ranks 79 out of 1,214. Before him are Robert Marchand, Luigi Ganna, Erik De Vlaeminck, Jean Aerts, Ercole Baldini, and Julio Jiménez. After him are Henry Hansen, August von Gödrich, Romain Maes, Alexander Vinokourov, Attilio Pavesi, and Mario Cipollini.
1911 - 2021
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 73
1883 - 1957
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 74
1945 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 75
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 76
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 77
1934 - 2022
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 78
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 79
1902 - 1985
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 80
1859 - 1942
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 81
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 82
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 83
1910 - 2011
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 84
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1914, Marcel Kint ranks 209. Before him are Wolfgang Windgassen, Bertus Aafjes, Shaken Aimanov, Krishan Chander, Jacques Dufilho, and Harold Russell. After him are Henri Laborit, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Jaap Bakema, Jack Cardiff, Mihailo Lalić, and Christl Cranz. Among people deceased in 2002, Marcel Kint ranks 167. Before him are Ong Teng Cheong, Vitaly Solomin, Ernst Stojaspal, John Agar, Francisco Coloane, and Harold Russell. After him are Said Belqola, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Rudolf Augstein, Antony C. Sutton, Robert Urich, and Alan Lomax.
1914 - 1974
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 203
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 204
1914 - 1970
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 205
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 206
1914 - 2005
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 207
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 208
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 209
1914 - 1995
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 210
1914 - 1975
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 211
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 212
1914 - 2009
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 213
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 214
1914 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 215
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 161
1941 - 2002
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 162
1925 - 2002
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 163
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 164
1910 - 2002
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 165
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 166
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 167
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 168
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 169
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 170
1925 - 2002
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 171
1946 - 2002
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 172
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 173
Among people born in Belgium, Marcel Kint ranks 472 out of 1,019. Before him are Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Henri Pousseur (1929), Jan Fabre (1958), René Vandereycken (1953), George Albert Boulenger (1858), and Arnold Badjou (1909). After him are Georges Berger (1918), Jean Duvieusart (1900), Romain Maes (1912), Christl Cranz (1914), Peter Jan Beckx (1795), and Jean Stas (1813).
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 466
1929 - 2009
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 467
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 468
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 469
1858 - 1937
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 470
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 471
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 472
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 473
1900 - 1977
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 474
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 475
1914 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 476
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 477
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 478
Among cyclists born in Belgium, Marcel Kint ranks 21. Before him are Walter Godefroot (1943), Léon Scieur (1888), Herman Van Springel (1943), Briek Schotte (1919), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), and Jean Aerts (1907). After him are Romain Maes (1912), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Edward Van Dijck (1918), Georges Ronsse (1906), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), and Johan Museeuw (1965).
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 15
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 16
1943 - 2022
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 17
1919 - 2004
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 18
1945 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 19
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 20
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 21
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 22
1948 - 1971
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 23
1918 - 1977
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 24
1906 - 1969
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 25
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 26
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 27