CYCLIST

Ottavio Bottecchia

1894 - 1927

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Ottavio Bottecchia (pronounced [otˈtaːvjo botˈtekkja]; 1 August 1894 – 15 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France. He was found injured and unconscious by a roadside and died a few days later; the exact circumstances of his accident remain a mystery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ottavio Bottecchia has received more than 101,814 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ottavio Bottecchia is the 36th most popular cyclist (down from 30th in 2019), the 2,132nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ottavio Bottecchias by language

Over the past year Ottavio Bottecchia has had the most page views in the with 33,294 views, followed by English (12,409), and French (7,697). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Piedmontese (63.93%), Egyptian Arabic (50.66%), and Asturian (36.76%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 36 out of 1,613. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Nicolas Frantz, François Faber, Louison Bobet, Patrick Sercu, and Francisco Gabica. After him are Odile Defraye, Louis Trousselier, Rudi Altig, Ferdinand Kübler, Roger Walkowiak, and Firmin Lambot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 95. Before him are Claude Cahun, Julian Tuwim, Otto Wöhler, Alexander Lippisch, Paul Lukas, and Georges Guynemer. After him are Jacques Henri Lartigue, Trygve Gulbranssen, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Semyon Bogdanov, Maria Restituta Kafka, and Friedrich Pollock. Among people deceased in 1927, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 54. Before him are Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Fyodor Sologub, Jonas Basanavičius, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Fritz Hofmann, and Lizzie Borden. After him are Vasily Polenov, Hermann Abert, Mikhail Artsybashev, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Robert Fuchs, and Inayat Khan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 2,132 out of 5,161. Before him are Achille Varzi (1904), Julia (-190), Giulia Tofana (1581), Azeglio Vicini (1933), Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), and Sergio Balanzino (1934). After him are Gaius Terentius Varro (-300), Giovanni Morelli (1816), Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), Clarice de' Medici (1493), Galeazzo I Visconti (1277), and Liutpert (680).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Ottavio Bottecchia ranks 7. Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919), Gino Bartali (1914), Maurice Garin (1871), Felice Gimondi (1942), Marco Pantani (1970), and Alfredo Binda (1902). After him are Carlo Galetti (1882), Francesco Moser (1951), Gastone Nencini (1930), Luigi Ganna (1883), Paolo Pedretti (1906), and Leandro Faggin (1933).

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