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Paul Deman

1889 - 1961

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Paul Deman (25 April 1889 in Rekkem, West Flanders, Belgium – 31 July 1961 in Outrijve, Belgium) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for 15 years from 1909 to 1924, and a carpet maker by trade. He won the first Tour of Flanders race in 1913 at the age of 25, defeating a field of 37 riders over a 330 km course that ended with 4 laps of the wooden track around a small pond at Mariakerke, the suburb of Ghent. He won the gruelling 592 km Bordeaux–Paris in 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Deman has received more than 23,879 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Deman is the 157th most popular cyclist (up from 159th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Paul Deman ranks 157 out of 1,613. Before him are Ole Ritter, José Beyaert, Bernardo Ruiz, Alfonso Calzolari, Enzo Sacchi, and Learco Guerra. After him are Ferdinando Terruzzi, Leonard Meredith, Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, Giovanni Micheletto, Benoni Beheyt, and Mario Ghella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Paul Deman ranks 219. Before him are Georges Bonnet, Géo André, Anita Loos, Carl Bertilsson, Richard O'Connor, and Stanley Morison. After him are Giovanni Micheletto, James L. Peters, Arnulf Øverland, Ted Wilde, Fanny Durack, and Walter Catlett. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul Deman ranks 139. Before him are María de Zayas, Tiny Sandford, York Bowen, Ion Barbu, Nita Naldi, and Rosa Sensat. After him are Percy Grainger, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Alberto Chividini, Dun Karm Psaila, Antonio Urdinarán, and František Drtikol.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Deman ranks 619 out of 1,190. Before him are Philippe Van Parijs (1951), Louis Glineur (1849), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), FM-2030 (1930), Étienne Gailly (1922), and Louis Versyp (1908). After him are Edgard Colle (1897), Théo Lefèvre (1914), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Matthias Schoenaerts (1977), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Paul Deman ranks 33. Before him are Georges Ronsse (1906), Claude Criquielion (1957), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Edward Van Dijck (1918), André Noyelle (1931), and Germain Derycke (1929). After him are Frans Verbeeck (1941), Johan De Muynck (1948), Johan Museeuw (1965), Frans De Mulder (1937), Mathieu van der Poel (1995), and Jef Planckaert (1934).

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