CYCLIST

Sean Kelly

1956 - Today

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John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris–Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Kelly has received more than 68,141 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Sean Kelly is the 188th most popular cyclist (down from 94th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 164th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Cyclist.

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  • 54.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Sean Kelly ranks 188 out of 1,613. Before him are Robert Charpentier, Delio Rodríguez, Fabio Casartelli, Ryszard Szurkowski, Frans De Mulder, and Luigi Marchisio. After him are Mathieu van der Poel, Domingo Perurena, Jef Planckaert, Davide Rebellin, Nino Defilippis, and René Pijnen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sean Kelly ranks 318. Before him are Bruno Giordano, Koffi Olomide, Nobuko Kondo, Scholastique Mukasonga, François Hesnault, and Tim McInnerny. After him are László Kiss, Jeremy Wade, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Amitav Ghosh, Andro Knego, and Jamie Dimon.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 221 out of 549. Before him are J. B. Bury (1861), William Thompson (1775), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), and Willoughby Hamilton (1864). After him are Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Philip Holland (1840), Ray McAnally (1926), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), and Rex Ingram (1892).

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Among CYCLISTS In Ireland

Among cyclists born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 2. Before him are Stephen Roche (1959). After him are Christopher Juul-Jensen (1989), Eddie Dunbar (1996), and Philip Deignan (1983).

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