CYCLIST

Rik Van Looy

1933 - 2024

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Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist of the post-war period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rik Van Looy has received more than 142,273 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Rik Van Looy is the 16th most popular cyclist (down from 10th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rik Van Looy ranks 16 out of 1,613. Before him are Miguel Induráin, Felice Gimondi, Lance Armstrong, Hugo Koblet, Joop Zoetemelk, and Henri Cornet. After him are Charly Gaul, Roger De Vlaeminck, Marco Pantani, Luis Ocaña, Alfredo Binda, and Sante Gaiardoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Rik Van Looy ranks 108. Before him are Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, Joan Rivers, Juanita Castro, Tom Courtney, and Jerzy Kosiński. After him are Fred Haise, Saleh Al-Fawzan, John Boorman, Miloš Milutinović, Philippe de Broca, and Otto Barić.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Rik Van Looy ranks 203 out of 1,190. Before him are Juan de Flandes (1450), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Hugo Claus (1929), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Raymond Goethals (1921), and Jan Ceulemans (1957). After him are Thibaut Courtois (1992), Alexander Agricola (1446), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), and Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Rik Van Looy ranks 2. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945). After him are Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Philippe Thys (1889), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Patrick Sercu (1944), Odile Defraye (1888), Firmin Lambot (1886), Léon Scieur (1888), Freddy Maertens (1952), and Briek Schotte (1919).

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