CYCLIST

Marco Pantani

1970 - 2004

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Marco Pantani (Italian: [ˈmarko panˈtaːni]; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and records. He recorded the fastest ever climbs up the Tour's iconic venues of Mont Ventoux (46:00) and Alpe d'Huez (36:50), and other cyclists including Lance Armstrong and Charly Gaul have hailed Pantani's climbing skills. He is the second to last rider and one of only eight to ever win the Tour de France – Giro d'Italia double, doing so in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marco Pantani has received more than 1,727,359 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Marco Pantani is the 19th most popular cyclist (up from 29th in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,041st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Marco Pantani ranks 19 out of 1,613. Before him are Hugo Koblet, Joop Zoetemelk, Henri Cornet, Rik Van Looy, Charly Gaul, and Roger De Vlaeminck. After him are Luis Ocaña, Alfredo Binda, Sante Gaiardoni, Tom Simpson, Philippe Thys, and Roger Pingeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marco Pantani ranks 30. Before him are Halit Ergenç, Claudia Schiffer, Simon Pegg, Emmanuel Petit, Fred Durst, and Alan Shearer. After him are Erik ten Hag, Lee Byung-hun, Frank de Boer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tonya Harding, and Andrej Plenković. Among people deceased in 2004, Marco Pantani ranks 75. Before him are Philippe de Broca, Tom Wesselmann, Frances Shand Kydd, Thanom Kittikachorn, Nino Manfredi, and Rafael Eitan. After him are Masanori Tokita, Harold Shipman, Miki Matsubara, Serge Reggiani, Jean Rouch, and Uta Hagen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Pantani ranks 1,715 out of 5,161. Before him are Mary Douglas (1921), Catherine of Genoa (1447), Isabella of Savoy (1591), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), Francesco Filippini (1853), and Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (-180). After him are Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1698), Roger Borsa (1060), Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432), Luciano Leggio (1925), Francesco de' Rossi (1510), and Antonio Rosmini (1797).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Marco Pantani ranks 5. Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919), Gino Bartali (1914), Maurice Garin (1871), and Felice Gimondi (1942). After him are Alfredo Binda (1902), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Carlo Galetti (1882), Francesco Moser (1951), Gastone Nencini (1930), Luigi Ganna (1883), and Paolo Pedretti (1906).

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