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    Cycling Archives Eddy Merckx at Olympedia Eddy Merckx at Olympics.com Eddy Merckx at OlympicChannel.com (archived) Eddy Merckx at Olympic.org (archived)...
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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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    climbing, he has been compared to legendary all-round cyclists such as Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Fausto Coppi. In 2019, he became the youngest cyclist...
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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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  • 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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    course. The most successful rider with five victories is Belgian rider Eddy Merckx, trailed by Italian Moreno Argentin in the 1980s and Spaniard Alejandro...
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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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    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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    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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    (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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • and the broader definition) has been achieved by only two cyclists, Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche. Annemiek van Vleuten has achieved the equivalent in...
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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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  • and 2017), Ferdi Kübler twice (in 1951 and 1952), Stan Ockers (1955), Eddy Merckx (1972), Moreno Argentin (1991) Davide Rebellin (2004) and Philippe Gilbert...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year - Eddy Merckx in 1969, which was also the first year he participated. Had the young...
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    mountains. From the start of his professional career, he was part of Eddy Merckx's team, until the latter retired from sport. Bruyère rode several seasons...
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  • Tour in 2011. The most successful rider with seven victories is Belgian Eddy Merckx. Italian Costante Girardengo achieved 11 podium finishes in the interwar...
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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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  • 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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    inducts Eddy Merckx as its first member". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 23 June 2012. "The Belgian Italians couldn't resist – Eddy Merckx". Cycling...
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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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