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Rik Van Looy

1933 to 2024 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Rik Van Looy across 3 places, from 1933. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist of the post-war period.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Rik Van Looy is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where Rik Van Looy was documented, and when

1933year
Grobbendonkattested “Rik Van Looy was born in 1933 in Grobbendonk, in the Antwerp Province.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1933year
Antwerp Provinceattested “Rik Van Looy was born in 1933 in Grobbendonk, in the Antwerp Province.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1933year
Antwerpattested “Rik Van Looy was born in 1933 in Grobbendonk, in the Antwerp Province.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy

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Places Rik Van Looy is documented in

Antwerp1 presence · 1933
Antwerp Province1 presence · 1933
Grobbendonk1 presence · 1933

Other places tied to Rik Van Looy in the record

In each of these, a source puts Rik Van Looy and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Rik Van Looy was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1952year
Helsinkimentioned “He took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, participating in the road race, but without completing it.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1957year
Brusselsmentioned “His first came in Brussels in 1957, his last in Antwerp in 1968.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1957year
Antwerpmentioned “His first came in Brussels in 1957, his last in Antwerp in 1968.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1963year
Ronsementioned “The 1963 world championship in Ronse seemed an ideal opportunity to triumph a third time, with a course that suited Van Looy, and this time supported by a home crowd.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
1969year
Belgiummentioned “His rivalry with Eddy Merckx reached the height of sabotage of Merckx in the world championships organized in Belgium, in 1969.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy
2023year
Herentalsmentioned “And in, 2023 there were several events in Herentals around his 90th birthday.” source: Wikipedia: Rik Van Looy

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Sources

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