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Stephen Roche

1959 - Today

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Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only three cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race championship, the others being Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar. Roche's rise coincided with that of fellow Irishman Sean Kelly. Although one of the finest cyclists of his generation and admired for his pedalling style, he struggled with knee injuries and never contended in the Grand Tours post-1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Roche has received more than 606,542 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Roche is the 149th most popular cyclist (up from 211th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 254th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Cyclist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Stephen Roche ranks 149 out of 1,613. Before him are Raymond Impanis, Giuseppe Olmo, Aavo Pikkuus, Gaetano Belloni, Alex Zülle, and Claudio Chiappucci. After him are Peter Sagan, Ole Ritter, José Beyaert, Bernardo Ruiz, Alfonso Calzolari, and Enzo Sacchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Stephen Roche ranks 227. Before him are Fyodor Yurchikhin, Thomas Quasthoff, Robert Greene, Raf, Ricardo Gallego, and Sting. After him are Momoe Yamaguchi, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Sanjay Dutt, Steven Erikson, Erwin Olaf, and Glenn Hysén.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Stephen Roche ranks 198 out of 549. Before him are Caitriona Balfe (1979), Steve Barron (1956), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Peter Woulfe (1727), Barney McKenna (1939), and Seán T. O'Kelly (1882). After him are Nora Barnacle (1884), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Richard Todd (1919), Patrick Ryan (1881), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852).

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Among CYCLISTS In Ireland

Among cyclists born in Ireland, Stephen Roche ranks 1. After him are Sean Kelly (1956), Christopher Juul-Jensen (1989), Eddie Dunbar (1996), and Philip Deignan (1983).

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