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    Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (Dutch: [ˈɛdi ˈmɛr(ə)ks], French: [ɛdi mɛʁks]), is a Belgian former professional...
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    The Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx is a sport complex with indoor cycling track in the Belgian city of Ghent. It is named after the famous Belgian...
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    gone on to win the Tour; Charly Gaul in 1958, Eddy Merckx in 1970 and Chris Froome in 2013. Both Merckx and Froome won while wearing the yellow jersey...
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    competing for a team sponsored by Faema was 5-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. Italy portal Companies portal Coffee portal Bialetti Cimbali De'Longhi...
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    Sint-Gillis-Waas. The former municipality covered an area of 11.67 square kilometres (4.51 sq mi). Eddy Merckx rode his last cycling race in Kemzeke, in which he finished...
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    d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1933–2019), pretender to the French throne Eddy Merckx (born 1945), professional cyclist, multiple winner of the Tour de France...
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  • employed as head mechanic for the Molteni team of Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx in 1963. The company first became known for high quality steel framed...
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  • Pettersson of Sweden Tour de France – Eddy Merckx of Belgium UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Eddy Merckx of Belgium Men's World Cup in Barcelona...
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    professional riders from the European 6-Day circuit came to London, including Eddy Merckx, Peter Post, Patrick Sercu and many others. British riders such as World...
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    average (43.35 km/h) for his 1975 win. Other notable winners include Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Freddy Maertens, Johan Museeuw, Philippe Gilbert...
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  • the record of victories. Belgians Robert Van Eenaeme, Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Tom Boonen, Italian Mario Cipollini and Slovak Peter Sagan each won...
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    two his teammate, Eddy Merckx, took the overall lead. Simpson moved into the lead the next day as part of a breakaway, missed by Merckx, which finished...
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  • minutes and 21 seconds, when Eddy Merckx beat Roger De Vlaeminck in 1970. Closest margin of victory – 1 cm (0.39 in), between Eddy Planckaert and Steve Bauer...
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  • times Tour winner Jacques Anquetil, and "Sommet" featured the voice of Eddy Merckx. In March 2003, the band recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio...
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    Riders such as Rik Van Looy, Herman Van Springel, Freddy Maertens, Eddy Merckx, Sean Kelly, Joop Zoetemelk, Michel Pollentier, Walter Godefroot and...
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  • had problems attracting the best riders. For 2 years, cycling great Eddy Merckx did not participate because organizers could not pay his starting fee...
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    Cavendish tied the record for most Tour de France stage wins (34) held by Eddy Merckx. Carcassonne was the finish city for stage 15, and the starting point...
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    Kelly won the French one-day race Circuit de l'Indre, outsprinting Eddy Merckx into second place. In October 1977, Kelly recorded his fourth win of...
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    editions of the race. In 1975 Eddy Merckx concluded his second win after another memorable raid to the finish. Merckx, in the rainbow jersey, escaped...
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    showing me photographs of him administering his treatments to greats like Eddy Merckx, Lucien Van Impe, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Cyril Guimard and...
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    classics in a single year. In 2017, Gilbert became the third rider after Eddy Merckx (1975) and Jan Raas (1979) to win both the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel...
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    his rank. The Molteni Campagnolo cycling team, including star rider Eddy Merckx, are seen riding past the chateau towards the beginning of Jorgen Leth's...
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  • sprinters such as Mark Cavendish and Elia Viviani, Grand Tour legends Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi and more recent Tour de France winners Bradley Wiggins...
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    1996, was rescinded by UCI in 2000 and subsequent attempts at breaking Eddy Merckx's 1972 record stopped as UCI believed advanced bicycle technology gave...
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    It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Square du Bastion/Bolwerksquare, next to the Chaussée d'Ixelles/Elsense Steenweg...
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    among others, Major Taylor, Henri Desgrange, Fausto Coppi, Anna Wilson, Eddy Merckx, Francesco Moser, Jeannie Longo and Tony Rominger). Attempts are generally...
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    many dressed in yellow and waving yellow flags, in Melbourne's Federation Square. A state reception was held in his honour. In March, Evans won the overall...
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    uses most of the course of the 1974 World road championships (won by Eddy Merckx) and the 1976 Olympic games road race (won by the Swedish Bernt Johansson)...
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    station opened on 30 January 1975 and is named after the roundabout above (Square Maréchal Montgomery/Maarschalk Montgomeryplein), which in turn was named...
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    cycling fans, among them the former world champion, Georges Speicher. The square at Ste-Marie-de-Campan, and a make of toe-clips, are named after him. Christophe...
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