Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx in August 1973
Personal information
Full name	Édouard Louis Joseph Merckx
Nickname	The Cannibal[1]
Born	(1945-06-17) 17 June 1945 (age 79) Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
1961–1964	Evere Kerkhoek Sportif
Professional teams
1965	Solo–Superia
1966–1967	Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1968–1970	Faema
1971–1976	Molteni
1977	Fiat France
1978	C&A
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) Points classification (1969, 1971, 1972) Mountains classification (1969, 1970) Combination classification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) Combativity award (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975) 34 individual stages (1969–1972, 1974, 1975) Giro d'Italia General classification (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) Points classification (1968, 1973) Mountains classification (1968) 24 individual stages (1967–1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) Vuelta a España General classification (1973) Points classification (1973) Combination classification (1973) 6 individual stages (1973) Stage races Paris–Nice (1969, 1970, 1971) Tour de Romandie (1968) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1971) Volta a Catalunya (1968) Tour de Suisse (1974) One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976) Tour of Flanders (1969, 1975) Paris–Roubaix (1968, 1970, 1973) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) Giro di Lombardia (1971, 1972) Omloop Het Volk (1971, 1973) National Road Race Championships (1970) Other Super Prestige Pernod International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) Hour Record (1972)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1964 Sallanches Amateurs' road race 1967 Heerlen Professional road race 1971 Mendrisio Professional road race 1974 Montréal Professional road race

Baron Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ['merks]) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist. Merckx, regarded as the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time, established several world cycling records, some of which remain unbroken to this day.

1. ↑ Suze Clemitson (April 4, 2014). "Remembering how Eddy Merckx won at home in the 1969 Tour of Flanders". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.