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Stan Ockers

1920 - 1956

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Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 – 1 October 1956) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that Grand Tour in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Ockers has received more than 49,766 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Ockers is the 60th most popular cyclist (down from 44th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 364th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Stan Ockers ranks 60 out of 1,613. Before him are Erik De Vlaeminck, Adri van der Poel, Tony Rominger, August von Gödrich, Gastone Nencini, and Alberto Contador. After him are Maurice De Waele, Bjarne Riis, André Leducq, Bernard Thévenet, Lucien Aimar, and Gösta Pettersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Stan Ockers ranks 194. Before him are Richard E. Bellman, Yves Robert, Cornelius Ryan, Gordon Gould, Koichi Tohei, and Leo McKern. After him are Giuseppe Colombo, Milton George Henschel, John Chadwick, Josefa Iloilo, Ali Sabri, and Yusef Lateef. Among people deceased in 1956, Stan Ockers ranks 104. Before him are Harold Bride, Vladimir Obruchev, Louis Rosier, Israel Zolli, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Frigyes Riesz. After him are Leo Baeck, Paul Renner, Norman L. Bowen, Heinrich Barkhausen, Jean Hersholt, and Vladimir Filatov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Stan Ockers ranks 424 out of 1,190. Before him are Cornelis Schut (1597), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Axel Witsel (1989), Wim Mertens (1953), and Paul de Man (1919). After him are Maurice De Waele (1896), Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Jean Servais (1910), and Alfred Stevens (1823).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Stan Ockers ranks 17. Before him are Freddy Maertens (1952), Briek Schotte (1919), Lucien Buysse (1892), Herman Van Springel (1943), Walter Godefroot (1943), and Erik De Vlaeminck (1945). After him are Maurice De Waele (1896), Maurice Peeters (1882), Romain Maes (1912), Sylvère Maes (1909), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), and Jean Aerts (1907).

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