CYCLIST

Maurice De Waele

1896 - 1952

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Maurice De Waele (pronounced [mʌuˈriz də ˈʋaːlə]; 27 December 1896 – 14 February 1952) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.De Waele placed second in the 1927 Tour, an hour and fifty eight minutes behind Nicolas Frantz, and third in 1928, again won by Frantz. However, he is most famous for winning the 1929 Tour de France. He led the Tour until stage seven when two punctures on the way to Bordeaux cost him the yellow jersey to no less than three other riders on the same time in the general classification, Frantz, Andre Leducq and Victor Fontan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice De Waele has received more than 27,420 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice De Waele is the 61st most popular cyclist (down from 48th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 374th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maurice De Waeles by language

Over the past year Maurice De Waele has had the most page views in the with 3,512 views, followed by French (2,593), and Dutch (1,630). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (93.52%), Serbian (64.41%), and Egyptian Arabic (50.00%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Maurice De Waele ranks 61 out of 1,613. Before him are Adri van der Poel, Tony Rominger, August von Gödrich, Gastone Nencini, Alberto Contador, and Stan Ockers. After him are Bjarne Riis, André Leducq, Bernard Thévenet, Lucien Aimar, Gösta Pettersson, and Greg LeMond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Maurice De Waele ranks 135. Before him are Jacques Duclos, Dodie Smith, Ieronim Uborevich, Josef Kammhuber, Philip Showalter Hench, and Stanisława Leszczyńska. After him are Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ira Gershwin, Hubert Lanz, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Aimo Lahti, and Lester Germer. Among people deceased in 1952, Maurice De Waele ranks 82. Before him are Juan Yagüe, Mauno Pekkala, Vasili Eroshenko, Rued Langgaard, Josephine Tey, and Silvio Cator. After him are John Garfield, Richard Hildebrandt, Takenoshin Nakai, Vladimir Albitsky, Nikos Beloyannis, and Constant Permeke.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maurice De Waele ranks 424 out of 1,190. Before him are Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Axel Witsel (1989), Wim Mertens (1953), Paul de Man (1919), and Stan Ockers (1920). After him are Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Jean Servais (1910), Alfred Stevens (1823), and Kevin De Bruyne (1991).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Maurice De Waele ranks 18. Before him are Briek Schotte (1919), Lucien Buysse (1892), Herman Van Springel (1943), Walter Godefroot (1943), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), and Stan Ockers (1920). After him are Maurice Peeters (1882), Romain Maes (1912), Sylvère Maes (1909), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Jean Aerts (1907), and Michel Pollentier (1951).

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