1943 - Today
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969).But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Godefroot has received more than 48,214 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Godefroot is the 50th most popular cyclist (down from 47th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 336th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Belgian Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Walter Godefroot ranks 50 out of 1,214. Before him are Stan Ockers, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Lucien Buysse, Roger Walkowiak, Maurice De Waele, and Francesco Moser. After him are Léon Scieur, Gastone Nencini, Fiorenzo Magni, André Leducq, Gösta Pettersson, and Tony Rominger.
1920 - 1956
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 44
1900 - 2000
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 45
1892 - 1980
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 46
1927 - 2017
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 47
1896 - 1952
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 49
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 50
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 51
1930 - 1980
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 52
1920 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 53
1904 - 1980
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 55
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 56
Among people born in 1943, Walter Godefroot ranks 256. Before him are Bjørn Wirkola, Nasr Abu Zayd, Lobo, William Calley, James Turrell, and Giovanni Goria. After him are Valery Nepomnyashchy, Jim Croce, Sani Abacha, Dušan Uhrin, Mulatu Astatke, and Marika Green.
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 250
1943 - 2010
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 251
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 252
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 253
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 254
1943 - 1994
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 255
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 256
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 257
1943 - 1973
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 258
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 259
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 260
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 261
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 262
Among people born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 392 out of 1,019. Before him are Chrodegang (715), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946), Benoît Sokal (1954), Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Franky Vercauteren (1956), and Eugène Boch (1855). After him are Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830), Paul Janssen (1926), Felix Timmermans (1886), Ferdinand de Marsin (1656), Gaston Roelants (1937), and Raoul Lambert (1944).
715 - 766
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 386
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 387
1954 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 388
1800 - 1885
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 389
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 390
1855 - 1941
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 391
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 392
1830 - 1872
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 393
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 394
1886 - 1947
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 395
1656 - 1706
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 396
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 397
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 398
Among cyclists born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 15. Before him are Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Odile Defraye (1888), Stan Ockers (1920), Lucien Buysse (1892), and Maurice De Waele (1896). After him are Léon Scieur (1888), Herman Van Springel (1943), Briek Schotte (1919), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Jean Aerts (1907), and Marcel Kint (1914).
1909 - 1966
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 10
1888 - 1965
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 11
1920 - 1956
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 12
1892 - 1980
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 13
1896 - 1952
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 15
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 16
1943 - 2022
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 17
1919 - 2004
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 18
1945 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 19
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 20
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 21