Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx

Merckx in 1973
Personal information
Full name	Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx
Nickname	The Cannibal
Born	(1945-06-17) 17 Juin 1945 Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium
Hicht	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Wecht	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road an track
Role	Rider
Rider teep	Aw-roonder
Amateur team(s)
1961–1964	Evere Kerkhoek Sportif
Perfaisional team(s)
1965	Solo-Superia
1966–1967	Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1968–1970	Faema
1971–1976	Molteni
1977	Fiat
1978	C&A
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General clessification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) Pynts clessification (1969, 1971, 1972) Moontains classification (1969, 1970) Combativity awaird (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975) Combination clessification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) 34 individual stages (1969–1975) Giro d'Italia General clessification (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) Pynts clessification (1968, 1973) Moontains clessification (1968) 24 indiveedual stages (1968–1974) Vuelta a España General clessification (1973) Pynts clessification (1973) Combination clessification (1973) 6 individual stages (1973) Stage races Paris–Nice: (1969, 1970, 1971) Tour de Suisse: (1974) Ane-day races an Clessics 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) Super Prestige Pernod Internaitional (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) Naitional Road Race Championships (1970)
Medal record Representin Belgium Road bicycle racin Warld Championships 1964 Sallanches Amateur's road race 1967 Heerlen Professional road race 1971 Mendrisio Professional road race 1974 Montréal Professional road race

Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛrks]) (born 17 Juin 1945), better kent as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian umwhile professional road an track bicycle racer.