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1321:Sylvère Maes
1285:André Leducq
1267:André Leducq
1204:
1166:
1157:
1090:René Pottier
1072:Henri Cornet
1003:
979:. Retrieved
974:
965:
940:
931:
490:9th Overall
464:3rd Overall
426:8th Overall
410:4th Overall
383:9th Overall
328:
324:Chris Horner
300:
265:
250:
243:
218:
217:
198:
197:
146:
139:
132:
94:(1964-01-19)
57:
18:
1956:1964 deaths
1951:1886 births
1884:Egan Bernal
1826:Cadel Evans
1737:Jan Ullrich
1728:Bjarne Riis
1706:Greg LeMond
1675:Greg LeMond
1571:Eddy Merckx
1553:Eddy Merckx
1540:Jan Janssen
1462:Charly Gaul
1413:Hugo Koblet
1312:Romain Maes
1196:Léon Scieur
1158:World War I
1156:1915–1918:
981:31 December
977:(in French)
821:Stages won
737:Stages won
633:Stages won
353:1st Genappe
347:1st Andenne
320:grand tours
134:Grand Tours
1945:Categories
1562:Luis Ocaña
1377:Jean Robic
923:References
223:pronounced
127:Major wins
111:Discipline
99:Borgerhout
75:1886-03-14
1755:1999–2019
1620:1980–1998
1480:1960–1979
1364:1940–1946
1357:1940–1959
1176:1920–1939
1052:1903–1919
246:Florennes
101:, Belgium
84:, Belgium
82:Florennes
62:Florennes
513:Overall
448:Overall
356:1st Mazy
253:Flanders
54:Nickname
943:. 2023.
836:Winner
828:Legend
301:In the
281:Peugeot
272:Buffalo
257:Belgium
235:bicycle
232:Belgian
881:DNS-x
873:DNF-x
731:DNF-8
726:DNF-6
579:1924
576:1923
573:1922
570:1921
567:1920
564:1919
561:1918
558:1917
555:1916
552:1915
549:1914
546:1913
543:1912
540:1911
122:Rider
1926:2024
1917:2023
1913:2022
1904:2021
1900:2020
1880:2019
1871:2018
1862:2017
1858:2015
1849:2014
1840:2013
1831:2012
1822:2011
1813:2010
1804:2009
1795:2008
1786:2007
1777:2006
1767:2005
1763:1999
1742:1998
1733:1997
1724:1996
1715:1995
1711:1991
1698:1989
1689:1988
1680:1987
1671:1986
1662:1985
1649:1983
1636:1981
1627:1980
1603:1978
1594:1977
1585:1976
1576:1975
1567:1974
1558:1973
1549:1972
1545:1969
1536:1968
1527:1967
1518:1966
1509:1965
1500:1964
1496:1961
1487:1960
1467:1959
1458:1958
1449:1957
1440:1956
1431:1955
1427:1953
1418:1952
1409:1951
1400:1950
1391:1949
1382:1948
1373:1947
1344:1939
1335:1938
1326:1937
1317:1936
1308:1935
1299:1934
1290:1933
1281:1932
1272:1931
1263:1930
1254:1929
1241:1927
1232:1926
1219:1924
1210:1923
1201:1922
1192:1921
1183:1920
1163:1919
1144:1913
1135:1912
1126:1911
1117:1910
1108:1909
1095:1907
1086:1906
1077:1905
1068:1904
1059:1903
983:2021
849:4–10
816:N/A
813:N/A
810:N/A
807:N/A
804:N/A
801:N/A
798:N/A
795:N/A
792:N/A
789:N/A
786:N/A
783:N/A
780:N/A
777:N/A
702:N/A
699:N/A
696:N/A
693:N/A
628:DNE
625:DNE
622:DNE
619:DNE
616:DNE
613:DNE
610:N/A
607:N/A
604:N/A
601:N/A
598:DNE
595:DNE
592:DNE
589:DNE
522:3rd
507:1st
504:1922
487:1921
481:8th
475:5th
461:1920
442:1st
439:1919
423:1914
407:1913
401:5th
398:1912
392:8th
389:1911
380:1910
374:4th
371:1909
362:2nd
344:1908
311:1922
307:1921
305:and
303:1920
268:1919
255:and
190:1921
186:1919
182:1914
178:1913
171:1920
167:1914
157:1922
153:1919
119:Role
114:Road
89:Died
69:Born
1002:at
905:N/A
897:DSQ
865:DNE
857:11–
841:2–3
1947::
1928::
1919::
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1882::
1873::
1864::
1851::
1842::
1833::
1824::
1815::
1806::
1797::
1788::
1779::
1769::
1744::
1735::
1726::
1717::
1704::
1702:90
1691::
1682::
1673::
1664::
1655::
1653:84
1642::
1640:82
1629::
1609::
1607:79
1596::
1587::
1578::
1569::
1560::
1551::
1538::
1529::
1520::
1511::
1502::
1489::
1469::
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1384::
1375::
1366::
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1301::
1292::
1283::
1274::
1265::
1256::
1247::
1245:28
1234::
1225::
1223:25
1212::
1203::
1194::
1185::
1165::
1150::
1148:14
1137::
1128::
1119::
1110::
1101::
1099:08
1088::
1079::
1070::
1061::
973:.
949:^
939:.
913:NR
889:HD
767:0
764:0
761:0
758:1
755:2
752:1
749:1
746:1
743:0
740:0
679:18
674:11
663:—
660:—
657:—
654:—
651:—
648:—
645:—
642:—
639:—
636:—
494::
241:.
184:,
180:,
169:,
155:,
1915:–
1902:–
1860:–
1765:–
1713:–
1700:–
1651:–
1638:–
1605:–
1547:–
1498:–
1429:–
1243:–
1221:–
1146:–
1097:–
1037:e
1030:t
1023:v
985:.
833:1
721:1
716:9
711:3
706:1
689:8
684:4
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192:)
188:-
173:)
165:(
159:)
151:(
77:)
73:(
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