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Odile Defraye

1888 - 1965

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Odile Defraye (pronounced [ɔ.dil dɛ.fʁɛj]; Dutch: Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes. In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Odile Defraye has received more than 33,392 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Odile Defraye is the 42nd most popular cyclist (down from 41st in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 311th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Odile Defraye ranks 42 out of 1,214Before him are Octave Lapize, Patrick Sercu, Henri Pélissier, Firmin Lambot, Sylvère Maes, and Freddy Maertens. After him are Josef Fischer, Stan Ockers, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Lucien Buysse, Roger Walkowiak, and Maurice De Waele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Odile Defraye ranks 107Before him are Carl Hilpert, Lead Belly, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Harilal Gandhi, and José Félix Estigarribia. After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Sigfried Giedion, Viktor Kingissepp, Michał Sopoćko, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Antonio Ascari. Among people deceased in 1965, Odile Defraye ranks 83Before him are Abraham Fraenkel, Lee Hoi-chuen, Fred Quimby, Ladislao Vajda, Herberts Cukurs, and Tito Schipa. After him are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Roberto Cherro, Linda Darnell, Dorothy Dandridge, D. N. Aidit, and Jānis Balodis.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Odile Defraye ranks 359 out of 1,019Before him are J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Alexander De Croo (1975), Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress (1190), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Yolande Moreau (1953), and Freddy Maertens (1952). After him are Camille Huysmans (1871), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Paul van Zeeland (1893), Stan Ockers (1920), and Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662).

Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Odile Defraye ranks 11Before him are Philippe Thys (1889), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Sylvère Maes (1909), and Freddy Maertens (1952). After him are Stan Ockers (1920), Lucien Buysse (1892), Maurice De Waele (1896), Walter Godefroot (1943), Léon Scieur (1888), and Herman Van Springel (1943).