Athletes

Eddy Merckx

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Citation Formats

General Reference

Sport and Games Atlas. "Eddy Merckx." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/eddy-merckx.

APA Style

Sport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). Eddy Merckx. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/eddy-merckx

BibTeX

@misc{sportandgamesatlas-eddy-merckx,
  author = {Sport and Games Atlas},
  title = {Eddy Merckx},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/eddy-merckx},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Belgian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as the greatest cyclist in history; won the Tour de France five times and holds the record for most professional cycling victories overall.

Facts

Birth Year

1945 1

Nationality

Belgium 1

Career Highlight

Five time winner of the Tour de France (1969-1972, 1974); also won the Giro d'Italia five times and the Vuelta a Espana once, one of very few riders to have won all three Grand Tours. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections