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Eddy Merckx

1945 - Today

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Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (Dutch: [mɛr(ə)ks], French: [mɛʁks]; born 17 June 1945), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours (five Tours de France, five Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Monuments, setting the hour record, three World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddy Merckx has received more than 2,304,874 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddy Merckx is the most popular cyclist, the 41st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Eddy Merckx is most famous for being the first person to win the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in the same year, which he accomplished five times. He also won the Tour de France five times and the Giro d'Italia three times.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Eddy Merckx ranks 1 out of 1,214. After him are Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, Raymond Poulidor, Tom Simpson, Rik Van Looy, Felice Gimondi, and Miguel Induráin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Eddy Merckx ranks 19. Before him are Helen Mirren, Björn Ulvaeus, Jupp Heynckes, Lemmy, Wim Wenders, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. After him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ritchie Blackmore, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Mircea Lucescu, Rod Stewart, and Patrick Modiano.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eddy Merckx ranks 41 out of 1,019. Before him are Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Victor Horta (1861), Margaret of Parma (1522), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864). After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Abraham Ortelius (1527), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Sax (1814), and Jules Bordet (1870).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Eddy Merckx ranks 1. After him are Rik Van Looy (1933), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Philippe Thys (1889), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Odile Defraye (1888), and Stan Ockers (1920).

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