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Philippe Gilbert

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Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour.A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne (2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián (2011), the Tour of Flanders (2017), and Paris–Roubaix (2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Gilbert has received more than 489,136 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Gilbert is the 282nd most popular cyclist (down from 195th in 2019), the 759th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 621st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philippe Gilberts by language

Over the past year Philippe Gilbert has had the most page views in the with 59,793 views, followed by English (37,842), and Dutch (29,869). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (60.24%), Walloon (58.52%), and Alemannic (51.33%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Philippe Gilbert ranks 282 out of 1,613. Before him are Pierfranco Vianelli, Marino Morettini, Bernhard Britz, Evgeni Berzin, Alfredo Dinale, and Johan van der Velde. After him are Louis Chaillot, Andy Schleck, Pascal Richard, Steven Rooks, Roberto Heras, and Angelo Damiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Philippe Gilbert ranks 138. Before him are Justin Chatwin, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Alexa Davalos, Fabricio Coloccini, Deniz Çakır, and Aksel Lund Svindal. After him are Laura Ramsey, Luis Tejada, Han Ga-in, Chloé Zhao, Marco Amelia, and Matthias Steiner.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Gilbert ranks 759 out of 1,190. Before him are Simon Mignolet (1988), Albert Heremans (1906), Jean-Michel Saive (1969), Vital Borkelmans (1963), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), and Filip De Wilde (1964). After him are Marc Degryse (1965), Timmy Simons (1976), Joseph Pletincx (1888), Divock Origi (1995), Constant Joacim (1908), and Jean de Bie (1892).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Philippe Gilbert ranks 47. Before him are Willy Planckaert (1944), Wout van Aert (1994), Walter Planckaert (1948), Jean Brankart (1930), Tom Boonen (1980), and Frank Vandenbroucke (1974). After him are Johan Bruyneel (1964), Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (1955), Eddy Planckaert (1958), Greg Van Avermaet (1985), Ludo Peeters (1953), and Rudy Dhaenens (1961).

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