CYCLIST

Rik Van Steenbergen

1924 - 2003

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Hendrik "Rik" Van Steenbergen (9 September 1924 – 15 May 2003) was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rik Van Steenbergen has received more than 75,621 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Rik Van Steenbergen is the 30th most popular cyclist (down from 20th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 236th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rik Van Steenbergen ranks 30 out of 1,613. Before him are Philippe Thys, Roger Pingeon, Laurent Fignon, Octave Lapize, Jan Janssen, and Lucien Van Impe. After him are Nicolas Frantz, François Faber, Louison Bobet, Patrick Sercu, Francisco Gabica, and Ottavio Bottecchia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rik Van Steenbergen ranks 126. Before him are Tatiana Nikolayeva, Gene Deitch, Alice Babs, Yehuda Amichai, Roland Petit, and Dawda Jawara. After him are Bayezid Osman, Neville Marriner, Georg Ratzinger, József Zakariás, Lubomír Štrougal, and Allan Edwall. Among people deceased in 2003, Rik Van Steenbergen ranks 89. Before him are André Claveau, Michael Kamen, Qusay Hussein, Sébastien Japrisot, Mohamed Choukri, and Canaan Banana. After him are Kalpana Chawla, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Gertrude Ederle, Maurice Pialat, Massimo Girotti, and John Ritter.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Rik Van Steenbergen ranks 279 out of 1,190. Before him are Gustaaf Deloor (1913), Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Willy Claes (1938), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), and Adeliza of Louvain (1103). After him are John Berchmans (1599), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Max Verstappen (1997), Henri Debehogne (1928), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), and Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Rik Van Steenbergen ranks 6. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Philippe Thys (1889), and Lucien Van Impe (1946). After him are Patrick Sercu (1944), Odile Defraye (1888), Firmin Lambot (1886), Léon Scieur (1888), Freddy Maertens (1952), and Briek Schotte (1919).

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