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Tom Steels

1971 - Today

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Tom Steels (born 2 September 1971) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, specialising in sprint finishes and one-day races. He was one of the top sprinters in the peloton. Steels competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, in the Men's 1000 metres Time Trial, finishing 19th.Steels began his professional cycling career in 1994 with the Vlaanderen 2002 team, winning eight times in his first two seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Steels has received more than 55,798 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Steels is the 487th most popular cyclist (down from 444th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 800th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Steels by language

Over the past year Tom Steels has had the most page views in the with 8,312 views, followed by Dutch (6,788), and French (6,235). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (86.46%), English (44.08%), and French (40.65%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Tom Steels ranks 487 out of 1,613. Before him are Laurent Brochard, Ivan Gotti, Rolf Gölz, Thomas Voeckler, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke, and Isaac Gálvez. After him are Judith Arndt, Czesław Lang, Fredy Schmidtke, Bo Hamburger, Bobby Julich, and Xavier Tondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Tom Steels ranks 518. Before him are Monisha Kaltenborn, Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Kâzım Koyuncu, Leslie Benzies, Rajpal Yadav, and Jerzy Brzęczek. After him are Gita Gopinath, Jeff Loomis, Till Brönner, André Bergdølmo, Aleksey Ovchinin, and Narine Abgaryan.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Tom Steels ranks 898 out of 1,190. Before him are Jean-François De Sart (1961), Danzel (1976), Geert De Vlieger (1971), Natacha Régnier (1974), Karel Geraerts (1982), and Glen De Boeck (1971). After him are Andreas Pereira (1996), Dirk Medved (1968), Jason Denayer (1995), Leander Dendoncker (1995), Alexis Saelemaekers (1999), and Mario Aerts (1974).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Tom Steels ranks 66. Before him are Lode Wouters (1929), Peter Van Petegem (1970), Nick Nuyens (1980), Daniel Willems (1956), Bradley Wiggins (1980), and Thomas De Gendt (1986). After him are Mario Aerts (1974), Wouter Weylandt (1984), Dirk De Wolf (1961), Lotte Kopecky (1995), Jasper Philipsen (1998), and Niko Eeckhout (1970).

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