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He won twenty-eight classic races, with Paris–Tours being the only race he did not win. The closest he came to victory in the race was sixth in the 1973 race. A lesser Belgian rider, Noël van Tyghem, won Paris–Tours in 1972 and said: "Between us, I and Eddy Merckx have won every classic that can be won. I won Paris–Tours, Merckx won all ...
- Édouard Louis Joseph Merckx
- 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
- De Kannibaal (The Cannibal)
- 17 June 1945 (age 78), Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium
- Career Achievements
- Win Rate
- Records
In his best year, Merckx won almost every other race he rode. Merckx won the equivalent of a race a week for six years.This table shows his strike rate of wins as a percentage of races undertaken. Overall: 1808 races entered, 525 wins for a win rate of 29%. 1961–1964: Amateur results. 5 of the 74 races in 1965 were as amateur, of which 4 were won.
Track
1. 17 Six-day races, of which 15 with Patrick Sercu. 2. 3 European championships (Omnium: 1975 Madison: 1969, 1977) 3. 8 Belgian Madison championships with Patrick Sercu: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975 & 1976
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Apr 25, 2024 · Eddy Merckx is a Belgian champion bicycle racer, arguably the greatest professional rider ever. In a professional career stretching from 1965 to 1978, he recorded 445 victories in 1,585 races. During his peak years (1969–75), he won some 35 percent of the races he entered. Because the focus of the
Victory ranking. Eddy Merckx has 277 career victories. The biggest victories were Tour de France in 1969 and Tour de France in 1970.
Eddy Merckx (born 1945-06-17 in Meensel-Kiezegem) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium, active between 1964 and 1978. His best results are 5 wins in GC Tour de France and 34 stage wins in Tour de France.
Jun 17, 2016 · During his career from 1965 to 1978, the Belgian won 525 races. ... Did you know? Eddy Merckx once raced at Eastway. It was June 11, 1977, the Glenryk Cup, and Merckx turned up with the likes of ...
Merckx's three victories in the World Professional Road Race came in 1967, 1971, 1974, but he also won the World Amateur Championship on the road in 1964. In 1972, he set the World Hour Record, recording 49.431 km (30.722 miles) in Mexico City.
