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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Eddy Merckx Rijwielen N.V., better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian brand of high end road bikes, founded by former professional road cyclist Eddy Merckx...
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Tadej Pogačar (section Comparisons with Eddy Merckx)
climbing, he has been compared to legendary all-round cyclists such as Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault as one of the sport's greatest. Born in Komenda,...
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has not happened since. In the early 1970s, the race was dominated by Eddy Merckx, who won the General Classification five times, the Mountains Classification...
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Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx (born 8 August 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion...
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Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player. In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos...
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Lotto–Dstny (redirect from Joker-Emerxil-Eddy Merckx)
Lotto-Emerxil–Merckx 1986 Joker–Emerxil–Merckx 1987 Lotto–Merckx 1987 Joker–Merckx 1988 Lotto 1988–1989 Lotto–Vlaanderen–Jong–Mbk–Merckx 1990 Lotto–Superclub...
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Grand Prix Eddy Merckx was a cycle race around Brussels, where Eddy Merckx was born. It was held between 1980 and 2004, disappearing after the creation...
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worn by the leader of the young rider classification. Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain, have won the most Tours with five...
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Tour de France (1st category) and Giro and Vuelta (both 2nd category). Eddy Merckx is by far the most successful monument rider with 19 wins in total. He...
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people with the surname include: Merckx Axel Merckx (born 1972), Belgian racing cyclist, son of Eddy Merckx Eddy Merckx (born 1945), Belgian racing cyclist...
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teams, but were once more commercially sponsored. The race was won by Eddy Merckx who absolutely dominated the rest of the field. As an example in 1967...
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Paris on 18 July. There were three time trial stages and two rest days. Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team won the overall general classification, defending...
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Vélo d'Or (section Eddy Merckx Trophy Men)
for the best Classics rider in the world for men and women, "Trophée Eddy Merckx", named after the Belgian cyclist. "Armstrong : tout doit disparaître"...
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Tour wins: Eddy Merckx (11), Bernard Hinault (10), Jacques Anquetil (8) Tour de France wins: Miguel Induráin (5 consecutive), Eddy Merckx (5), Bernard...
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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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Roger Legeay. His first race as a professional was the 1993 Grand Prix Eddy Merckx, a 66 km time trial which he won. He further won several stages of the...
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Eddy Merckx is widely considered to be the greatest bicycle racer in history. His eleven Grand Tour victories are the most ever, and he also won a record...
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between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the...
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20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi). Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his sixth Tour de France, but became a victim of...
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Eddy Merckx is a Brussels Metro station on the western branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels...
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(general, mountains, young and points classifications) in the same race: Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and 1969 Tour de France and 1973 Vuelta a España...
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combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year - Eddy Merckx in 1969, which was also the first year he participated. The only rider...
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narrower and the broader definition) has been achieved by only two men, Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche. Annemiek van Vleuten has achieved the equivalent in...
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from fourteen teams entered the 20-stage race, that was won by Belgian Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italians...
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HTC–Highroad (redirect from Telekom-Eddy Merckx)
sponsored by the city of Stuttgart and rode on Eddy Merckx Cycles. The team was called Stuttgart-Merckx-Gonsor for the 1989 season and had nine riders...
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at the Tour de France, breaking the record of 34 stage wins held by Eddy Merckx since 1975. In recognition of both this record and his long and popular...
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memorable anecdote. Eddy Merckx wanted to get his revenge, but fellow Belgian Roger De Vlaeminck attacked early in the race, inducing Merckx to make his team...
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Raymond Poulidor (section The Merckx years)
career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite...
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cyclist has won all three Grand Tours in the same calendar year, but Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Chris Froome have won all three in succession (thus...
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