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Roger Walkowiak

1927 - 2017

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Roger Walkowiak (pronounced [ʁɔ.ʒe wal.kov.jak]; 2 March 1927 – 6 February 2017) was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Walkowiak has received more than 54,990 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Walkowiak is the 47th most popular cyclist (down from 44th in 2019), the 3,009th most popular biography from France (down from 2,594th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Cyclist.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

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  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Roger Walkowiak ranks 47 out of 1,214. Before him are Freddy Maertens, Odile Defraye, Josef Fischer, Stan Ockers, Aristidis Konstantinidis, and Lucien Buysse. After him are Maurice De Waele, Francesco Moser, Walter Godefroot, Léon Scieur, Gastone Nencini, and Fiorenzo Magni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Roger Walkowiak ranks 155. Before him are Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Halton Arp, Edmund Gettier, Carlos Romero, Geneviève Page, and Leontyne Price. After him are Theodore Maiman, Ahmad Jannati, Joan Segarra, Kenneth Anger, Ales Adamovich, and Elvin Jones. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Walkowiak ranks 187. Before him are Charles Robert Jenkins, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Lennart Nilsson, Dritëro Agolli, Allan Holdsworth, and Arthur Janov. After him are Michael Ballhaus, Federico Luppi, Marjorie Boulton, Shashi Kapoor, Peter Berling, and Michael Bond.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Walkowiak ranks 3,009 out of 6,011. Before him are Antoine Brumel (1460), Claude Balbastre (1724), Claude Farrère (1876), Claude François de Malet (1754), André Caplet (1878), and Ingelger (900). After him are Hervé Bazin (1911), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Jean Wahl (1888), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Freya Stark (1893), and Roger Piantoni (1931).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Roger Walkowiak ranks 13. Before him are Louis Trousselier (1881), René Pottier (1879), Louison Bobet (1925), Laurent Fignon (1960), Octave Lapize (1887), and Henri Pélissier (1889). After him are André Leducq (1904), Jacques Dupont (1928), Roger Pingeon (1940), Albert Taillandier (1879), Bernard Thévenet (1948), and Jean Stablinski (1932).

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