CYCLIST

Paolo Bettini

1974 - Today

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Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974 in Cecina, Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 and 2007 World Road Race Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Bettini has received more than 152,129 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paolo Bettini is the 227th most popular cyclist (up from 236th in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,640th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Paolo Bettini ranks 227 out of 1,613Before him are Carlo Oriani, Michael Rasmussen, Pasquale Fornara, Richard Virenque, Mogens Frey, and Bernard Leene. After him are Clarence Kingsbury, Willy Planckaert, Armand Blanchonnet, Arnaldo Pambianco, Knut Knudsen, and Philippa York.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Paolo Bettini ranks 158Before him are Julian Castro, Martin Henderson, Tomer Sisley, Michael Rasmussen, Abubakar Shekau, and Nujabes. After him are Joachim Trier, Dan Houser, Marc Gené, Àlex Corretja, Grace Park, and Stefan Olsdal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Bettini ranks 3,827 out of 5,161Before him are Piero D'Inzeo (1923), Roberto Regazzi (1956), Ermes Muccinelli (1927), Luciano Castellini (1945), Quintino Sella (1827), and Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936). After him are Francesco Janich (1937), Francesco Guidolin (1955), Giorgio Bassi (1934), Letizia Moratti (1949), Pietro Paolo Virdis (1957), and Andrea Stramaccioni (1976).

Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Paolo Bettini ranks 46Before him are Imerio Massignan (1937), Mario Zanin (1940), Giuseppe Saronni (1957), Franco Balmamion (1940), Antonio Bailetti (1937), and Pasquale Fornara (1925). After him are Arnaldo Pambianco (1935), Ivan Basso (1977), Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Marco Cimatti (1913), Renato Perona (1927), and Guido Bontempi (1960).