List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx is widely considered to be the greatest bicycle racer in history.[1] His eleven Grand Tour victories are the most ever, and he also won a record of 28 classic cycle races, in addition to a prolific career as an amateur and on the track.[2]
Career achievements
[edit]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 1961
- 1st Petit-Enghien
- 1962
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1st
Overall Liège-La Gleize - 1963
- 1st Overall Ronde van Limburg Amateurs
- 1st Rund um Sebnitz
- 1st Kampioenschap van Brabant (TTT)
- 1964
- 1st
Road race, UCI Amateur Road Championships - 1st Brussels-Opwijk
- 1st GP Affligem
- 1965
- 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland Torhout
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2nd Manx Trophy
- 8th GP du Tournaisis
- 10th Scheldeprijs
- 1966
- 1st Overall Circuit du Morbihan
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stage 1a
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - 1st Circuit de l'Aulne
- 1st Circuit des Frontières
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Bruxelles–Meulebeke
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Coppa Agostoni
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 4th Dwars door België
- 4th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 6th Critérium des As
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1967
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1st GP du Tournaisis
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Omloop der Zennevallei
- 1st Tour du Condroz
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stages 6 & 7
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd À travers Lausanne
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 4th GP Union Dortmund
- 6th Overall Paris–Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 12 & 14
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 2 & 6
- 1968
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 8, & 12
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 1b
- 1st
Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 2 & 6b (ITT)
- 1st
Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stages 1 & 5b
- 1st Overall À travers Lausanne
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Gran Premio di Lugano
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stage 4a (TTT) Paris–Nice
- 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Sassari-Cagliari
- 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 6th Grand Prix Flandria
- 7th Overall Paris–Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1969
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stages 1b (TTT), 6, 8a (ITT), 11, 15 (ITT), 17 & 22b (ITT)
Combativity award Overall
- 1st
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Overall Paris–Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Circuit de l'Aulne
- 1st Bruxelles–Meulebeke
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Davide Boifava)
- 4th Züri–Metzgete
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Overall À travers Lausanne
- 7th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
- 1970
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 3 (TTT), 7a, 10, 11a (ITT), 12, 14, 20b (ITT) & 23 (ITT)
- Held after Prologue & Stages 14, 15 & 18
- Combativity award Overall
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2, 7 & 9 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 3, 7b & 8b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall À travers Lausanne
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st GP Union Dortmund
- 1st Coppa Agostoni
- 1st Critérium des As
- 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stages 2 & 5a (ITT)
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Circuit de l'Aulne
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Tour du Condroz
- 5th Polymultipliée
- 6th Giro del Lazio
- 6th Mont Faron Hill Climb
- 7th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1971
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue (TTT), Stages 2, 13 (ITT), 17 & 20 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stages 1, 3a & 5
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 1st Baden-Baden (with Herman Vanspringel)
- 2nd Overall À travers Lausanne
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Grand Prix de Monaco
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 3rd GP Union Dortmund
- 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Coppa Bernocchi
- 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1972
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 3b (TTT), 5b (ITT), 8, 13, 14a & 20a (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stages 12a (ITT), 14, 16 & 19b (ITT)
- Held
after Stages 12b, 14, 16 & 17
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Overall À travers Lausanne
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT)
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st GP Union Dortmund
- 1st Grand Prix de Momignies
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Roger Swerts)
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 5
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 3rd Circuit de l'Aulne
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Tour du Condroz
- 1973
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue (TTT), Stages 1, 4, 8, 10 & 18
- Held after Stages 6–18
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Combination classification
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 6b (TTT), 8, 10, 15b (ITT), 16 & 17b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 4a (ITT)
- 1st Overall Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall À travers Lausanne
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT)
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd GP Union Dortmund
- 3rd Critérium des As
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Milano–Torino
- 6th Paris–Tours
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 1974
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 6b (TTT), 7, 9, 10, 15, 19b (ITT), 21a & 22
- Held after Prologue
- Combativity award Overall
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 12 (ITT) & 21
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 9b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Grand Prix de Momignies
- 1st Critérium des As
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 5
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Coppa Placci
- 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
- 4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Overall À travers Lausanne
- 5th Coppa Agostoni
- 6th Omloop Het Volk
- 6th Circuit de l'Aulne
- 9th GP Union Dortmund
- 1975
- 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stages 1a & 1c (ITT)
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Circuit de l'Aulne
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Sassari-Cagliari
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 6 (ITT) & 9b (ITT)
- Held after Stages 6–14
- Held after Stage 1a
- Combativity award Overall
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8
- 2nd Overall À travers Lausanne
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Züri–Metzgete
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 4th Critérium des As
- 5th Coppa Agostoni
- 5th GP Union Dortmund
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Paris–Tours
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1976
- 1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Omloop Leiedal
- 1st Omloop van de Westhoek
- 1st Ronde van West-Vlaanderen
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue (TTT)
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd Circuit de l'Aulne
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Tre Valli Varesine
- 7th Züri–Metzgete
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1977
- 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Tour du Condroz
- 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Circuit de l'Aulne
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 4th Züri–Metzgete
- 5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 5th Omloop Het Volk
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 7b (TTT)
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
8th La Flèche Wallonne- 9th Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 1978
- 5th Tour du Haut Var
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General classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 9 | 1 | DNF | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | — |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Race | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| Paris–Nice
|
— | 4 | 10 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | DNF | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
NH | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
Not held | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | 7 | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | — | Not held | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 8 | — | |
| Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 12 | — |
Monuments results timeline
[edit]| Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | ||||
| Milan–San Remo | — | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 98 | — | ||||
| Tour of Flanders | — | DNF | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | DNF | — | ||||
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | — | ||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | ||||
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
Major championship results timeline
[edit]| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships
|
29 | 12 | 1 | 8 | DNF | 29 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 33 | — |
 National Championships
|
2 | 15 | — | 11 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 9 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| NH | Not Held |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
Criterium
[edit]- 1965
- 1st Trofee Luc Van Biesen
- 1st GP Itterbeek
- 1st Wezembeek-Oppem
- 1st Kessel-Lo
- 1st Critérium du Renaix
- 1st Nederbrakel
- 1st Critérium de Visé
- 1st Critérium de St. Jansteen
- 1966
- 1st Geraardsbergen-Viane
- 1st Helchteren
- 1st Rousiès
- 1st Denderleeuw
- 1st Rumes
- 1st GP Le Télégramme à Châteaulin
- 1st Criterium de Puteaux
- 1967
- 1st Critérium de Camors
- 1st GP Salvarani
- 1st GP du Tournaisis
- 1st Nandrin
- 1st Simpelveld
- 1st Enter
- 1st Liedekerkse Pijl
- 1st La Clayette
- 1st Critérium de La Panne
- 1st Critérium de St. Lenaarts
- 1st Kampioenschap van Brabant
- 1st Critérium de Liedekerke
- 1st Critérium d'Armentières
- 1st Putte-Kapellen
- 1968
- 1st Rombano Lombardo
- 1st Salsiomaggiore
- 1st La Clayette
- 1st Bornem
- 1st Woluwé-St Lambert
- 1st La Panne
- 1st Ohain
- 1st Alsemberg
- 1st GP Malderen
- 1st Kampioenschap van Brabant
- 1st Roue d'Or
- 1st Trofeo Dicen
- 1969
- 1st Ronde du Carnaval d'Aix-en-Provence
- 1st La Roche-sur-Yon (with R. Lelangue & F. Mintjens)
- 1st La Trimouille
- 1st Ottignies
- 1st Critérium d'Alost
- 1st Critérium de Woluwé-St Lambert
- 1st Vincennes omnium
- 1st Guerlesquin Tro-Ker
- 1st Remiremont
- 1st Chateau-Chinon
- 1st Londerzeel Critérium
- 1st Saussignac
- 1st Moorslede Critérium
- 1st Auvelais Critérium
- 1st Schaerbeek
- 1st Alès
- 1st Circuit de l'Aulne a Châteaulin
- 1st Scorze
- 1st G. P. de Wallonie a Charleroi individuelle
- 1st Coupe du Monde intermarques
- 1970
- 1st Sanary
- 1st Col San Martino
- 1st Lorient
- 1st Villafranca
- 1st Caen
- 1st Critérium de Renxaix
- Critérium de Woluwé-St Lambert
- 1st Overall
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st Ronde de Seignelay
- 1st Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- 1st Saint-Cyprien Critérium
- 1st Bilzen Critérium
- 1st St. Niklaas Critérium
- 1st Baussières
- 1st Varilhes
- 1st Castelfranco
- 1st Chateaugiron
- 1st Bastia
- 1971
- 1st Badia a Settimo
- 1st Ghedi
- 1st Trofeo Montorsi
- 1st Cordenons
- 1972
- 1st Challenge Gan
- 1st Castelfranco
- 1973
- 1st Challenge Gan
- 1st Monsummano
- 1st Pavullo
- 1st Nandrin
- 1974
- 1st GP Malderen
- 1st Challenge Gan
- 1975
- 1st Critérium Professionnel de Châteauroux
Track
[edit]- 1963
- 1st Madison, National Amateur Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1964
- 1st Madison, National Amateur Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1965
- 1st Madison, National Amateur Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Rocourt Madison
- 1966
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Roubaix Omnium
- 1st Brussels Omnium (with Rik Van Looy and Edward Sels)
- 1st Antwerpen individual
- 1967
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Edward Sels & Rik Van Looy)
- 1st Aulnay-sous-Blois omnium (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- 1st Milan Omnium
- 1st Ostende Madison (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Rocourt Madison (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Daniel Van Ryckeghem)
- 1st Madrid Madison (with Jan Janssen)
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Rocourt Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Ostende Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Brussels Omnium (24 October) (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Gent Omnium (1 November) (with Walter Godefroot)
- 1st Gent Omnium (7 November) (with Rik Van Steenbergen, Patrick Sercu, & Noël Van Clooster)
- 1st Brussels Omnium (15 November) (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1st Lorient Omnium (Rudi Altig, Tom Simpson, & Howling)
- 1st Roubaix Omnium
- 1st Ostende Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- 1968
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Charleroi (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium (with Rik Van Looy)
- 1st Milan Omnium (with Vittorio Adorni)
- 1st Rocourt Omnium
- 1st Ostende Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Ostende Omnium
- 1st Rocourt Omnium
- 1st Milan Omnium (with Rudi Altig, Lucien Aimar, & Jean Jourdan)
- 1st Rome Omnium (with Vittorio Adorni
- 1st Milan Pursuit
- 1st Milan Omnium (with Rudi Altig)
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Guido Reybrouck)
- 1969
- 1st
Madison, European Championships (with Patrick Sercu) - 1st Gent Omnium (with Roger De Vlaeminck & Walter Godefroot)
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium
- 1st Rome Omnium
- 1st Ostende Omnium
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium (with Jacques Anquetil, Rudi Altig & Harm Ottenbros)
- 1st Gent Omnium (with Julien Stevens)
- 1st Gand Omnium (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
- 1st Charleroi Omnium (with Ferdinand Bracke)
- 1970
- 1st Antwerpen Omnium (with Julien Stevens)
- 1st Charleroi Omnium
- 1st Charleroi Madison (with Julien Stevens)
- 1st Grenoble Omnium
- 1st Milan Omnium (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)
- 1971
- 1st Six Days of Milan (with Julien Stevens)
- 1st Vincennes Omnium
- 1972
- Hour record:
49.431 km - 1st Gent Omnium (with Walter Godefroot and Patrick Sercu)
- 1973
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Oostende Omnium
- 1st Gent Omnium
- 1974
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Genève Omnium
- 1st Luxembourg Omnium
- 1st Rotterdam Omnium
- 1st Madrid Omnium
- 1975
- 1st Omnium, European Championships
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Genève Omnium
- 1st Zürich Omnium
- 1st Antwerp Omnium
- 1st Valkenburg Omnium
- 1976
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Marseille Omnium
- 1st Antwerp Omnium (with Rik Van Linden)
- 1st Gent Omnium
- 1st Vincennes Omnium
- 1977
- 1st Madison, European Championships (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Munich (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1978
- 1st Zürich Omnium (with Patrick Sercu)
Win rate
[edit]
In his best year, Merckx won almost every other race he rode. Merckx won the equivalent of a race a week for six years.[6] This table shows his strike rate of wins as a percentage of races undertaken.[5]
| Year | Races | Won | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 | 1 | 7,7% |
| 1962 | 55 | 23 | 41,8% |
| 1963 | 78 | 28 | 35,9% |
| 1964 | 74 | 24 | 32,4% |
| 1965 | 74 | 13 | 17,6% |
| 1966 | 95 | 20 | 21,1% |
| 1967 | 113 | 26 | 23,0% |
| 1968 | 129 | 32 | 24,8% |
| 1969 | 129 | 43 | 33,3% |
| 1970 | 138 | 52 | 37,7% |
| 1971 | 120 | 54 | 45,0% |
| 1972 | 127 | 50 | 39,4% |
| 1973 | 136 | 51 | 37,5% |
| 1974 | 140 | 38 | 27,1% |
| 1975 | 151 | 38 | 25,2% |
| 1976 | 111 | 15 | 13,5% |
| 1977 | 119 | 17 | 14,3% |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 | 0,0% |
Overall: 1808 races entered, 525 wins for a win rate of 29%.[7]
1961–1964: Amateur results. 5 of the 74 races in 1965 were as amateur, of which 4 were won.
Records
[edit]Road
[edit]See Eddy Merckx records overview
Track
[edit]- 17 Six-day races, of which 15 with Patrick Sercu.
- 3 European championships (Omnium: 1975 Madison: 1969, 1977)
- 8 Belgian Madison championships with Patrick Sercu: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975 & 1976
World record
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| Discipline | Record | Date | Event | Velodrome | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour record | 49.431 km | 25 October 1972 | — | Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile of Eddy Merckx". www.topendsports.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Eddy Merckx". FirstCycling.com. 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Cycling – Eddy Merckx". The-Sports.org. Québec, Canada: Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Eddy Merckx". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Palmarès de Eddy Merckx (Bel)" [Awards of Eddy Merckx (Bel)]. Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "The Independent, Friday 6th July, 2007, Tour de France: Alternative view of the ultimate road race". The Independent. UK. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Historic Overview Eddy Merckx". CyclingRanking. 3 June 2023.
- ^ "RETRO: 50 jaar geleden verpulverde Eddy Merckx het uurrecord". Sporza. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.