| Country: |  Belgium |
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| Born: | 1945-06-17 (76), Meensel-Kiezegem | |
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| Nicknames: | De Kannibaal, Le Géant | |
| Family: | Father of Axel Merckx, son in law of Lucien Acou | |
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| Important victories | |
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NC Belgium (1970) World Championships (1967, 1971, 1974) Tour de France (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) Giro d`Italia (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) Vuelta a Espana (1973) Milano - San Remo (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976) Paris - Roubaix (1968, 1970, 1973) Liege - Bastogne - Liege (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) Tour of Flanders (1969, 1975) Giro di Lombardia (1971, 1972) |
| Year | Teams | CycleBase Rankings |
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| 1965 | Solo - Superia (1/5-31/12) |  |
97 |
| 1966 | Peugeot - BP - Michelin | |
8 |
| 1967 | Peugeot - BP - Michelin | |
3 |
| 1968 | Faema | |
1 |
| 1969 | Faema | |
1 |
| 1970 | Faemino | |
1 |
| 1971 | Molteni - Arcore | |
1 |
| 1972 | Molteni | |
1 |
| 1973 | Molteni | |
1 |
| 1974 | Molteni | |
1 |
| 1975 | Molteni | |
1 |
| 1976 | Molteni - Campagnolo | |
5 |
| 1977 | Fiat | |
11 |
| 1978 | C & A | |
331 |
| Results | Victories | Analysis |
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Brussel - Opwijk (1/3) 1st place Gent - Wevelgem (amateurs) (22/3) 4th place Sterfinale Aartselaar (14/6) 9th place World Championships Amateurs (5/9) 1st place Olympic Games (22/10) 12nd place Enschede - Münster (24/4) 1st place GP Jef Scherens (8/5) 2nd place GP Stad Vilvoorde (11/5) 1st place Circuit du Tournaisis (18/5) 8th place Circuit Escaut-Dendre-Lys (12/6) 2nd place Manx Trophy (22/6) 2nd place Omloop Houtland (27/6) 1st place Wezembeek - Oppem (8/7) 1st place GP de l`Escaut (27/7) 10th place NC Belgium (1/8) 2nd place World Championships (5/9) 29th place Omloop Het Volk (5/3) 3rd place Paris - Nice (8-15/3) 4th place 3rd place in 1st stage 1st place in ranking after 2nd stage 8th place in 5th stage 5th place in 7th stage 4th place in 8th stage 6th place in 9th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place Gent - Wevelgem (23/3) 9th place Dwars door Belgie (3/4) 4th place GP Pino Cerami (6/4) 1st place Paris - Roubaix (17/4) 15th place Paris - Bruxelles (24/4) 20th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (2/5) 8th place Brussel - Meulebeke (22/5) 1st place Midi Libre (13-16/6) 1st place in 2nd stage Tour de Morbihan (11-14/8) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 4th stage World Championships (28/8) 12nd place Druivenkoers (31/8) 1st place Criterium des As (10/9) 6th place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (15/9) 1st place GP des Nations (25/9) 3rd place Circuit des Frontieres (4/10) 1st place Paris - Tours (9/10) 20th place Montjuich (12/10) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 2nd place in 2nd stage GP Lugano (16/10) 4th place Coppa Agostoni (19/10) 2nd place Giro di Lombardia (22/10) 2nd place Trofeo Baracchi (4/11) 1st place Giro di Sardegna (27/2-5/3) 1st place in 6th stage 1st place in 7th stage Paris - Nice (8-15/3) 10th place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 6th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (25/3) 8th place Gent - Wevelgem (29/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (2/4) 3rd place Paris - Roubaix (9/4) 8th place Amstel Gold Race (15/4) 16th place Rund um den Henniger Turm (16/4) 7th place Circuit du Tournaisis (25/4) 1st place La Flèche Wallonne (28/4) 1st place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (1/5) 2nd place Tour du Condroz (4/5) 1st place Giro d`Italia (22/5-11/6) 9th place 2nd place in points ranking 1st place in 12nd stage 1st place in 14th stage 2nd place in 19th stage GP Union Dortmund (25/6) 4th place Omloop van de Zennevallei (15/8) 1st place World Championships (3/9) 1st place Parijs - Luxemburg (15-17/9) 6th place 1st place in 3rd stage Tweedaagse van Bertrix (27-28/9) 5th place Sluitingsprijs (17/10) 1st place Giro di Lombardia (21/10) 7th place Criterium des As (22/10) 1st place Dwars door Lausanne (28/10) 2nd place Trofeo Baracchi (4/11) 1st place GP Cannes (18/2) 5th place Giro di Sardegna (24/2-1/3) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 6th stage Sassari - Cagliari (3/3) 3rd place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 31st place Semaine Catalane (26-31/3) 1st place in 3rd stage Tour of Flanders (30/3) 9th place Belgium Tour (2-5/4) 1st place in 2nd stage Paris - Roubaix (7/4) 1st place La Fleche Brabanconne (14/4) 8th place Gent - Wevelgem (16/4) 9th place Tour de Romandie (9-12/5) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage Giro d`Italia (21/5-12/6) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 2nd place in 2nd stage 2nd place in 5th stage 1st place in 8th stage 2nd place in 10th stage 1st place in 12nd stage 2nd place in 16th stage GP Forli (23/6) 2nd place GP Flandria (20/7) 6th place Tre Valli Varesine (10/8) 1st place Omloop van de Zennevallei (15/8) 2nd place Parijs - Luxemburg (22-25/8) 7th place Coupe Sels (27/8) 6th place World Championships (1/9) 8th place Volta a Catalunya (8-15/9) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 7th stage Paris - Tours (6/10) 8th place Giro di Lombardia (12/10) 3rd place Sluitingsprijs (15/10) 5th place GP Lugano (20/10) 1st place Dwars door Lausanne (27/10) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage Trofeo Laigueglia (15/2) 2nd place Tour de Levant (3-9/3) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 5th stage Paris - Nice (10-16/3) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 5th stage 1st place in 10th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (22/3) 7th place Tour of Flanders (30/3) 1st place Vuelta a Mallorca (31/3-3/4) 1st place in 3rd stage Paris - Roubaix (13/4) 2nd place Amstel Gold Race (18/4) 3rd place La Flèche Wallonne (20/4) 5th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (22/4) 1st place Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten (27/4) 10th place Züri Metzgete (4/5) 4th place Brussel - Meulebeke (11/5) 1st place Giro d`Italia (16/5-8/6) DNF 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 7th stage 1st place in 15th stage Tour de France (28/6-20/7) 1st place 1st place in points ranking 1st place in mountain ranking 2nd place in 1st stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 10th stage 2nd place in 12nd stage 2nd place in 13rd stage 1st place in 14th stage 3rd place in 15th stage 1st place in 18th stage 1st place in 20th stage 2nd place in 23rd stage 1st place in 26th stage Parijs - Luxemburg (5-6/8) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage Trofeo Baracchi (2/10) 3rd place Dwars door Lausanne (12/10) 6th place Giro di Sardegna (22-27/2) 2nd place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 5th stage Omloop Het Volk (28/2) 7th place Mont Faron (tijdrit) (7/3) 6th place Paris - Nice (8-16/3) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 10th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 8th place Gent - Wevelgem (1/4) 1st place Tour of Flanders (5/4) 3rd place Belgium Tour (6-10/4) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 5th stage Paris - Roubaix (12/4) 1st place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (17/4) 3rd place La Flèche Wallonne (19/4) 1st place Amstel Gold Race (25/4) 8th place Polymultipliee (26/4) 5th place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 8th place Tour du Condroz (7/5) 4th place Giro d`Italia (18/5-7/6) 1st place 3rd place in points ranking 1st place in 2nd stage 3rd place in 3rd stage 1st place in 7th stage 1st place in 9th stage Tour de la Flandre Orientale (14/6) 3rd place World Championships (18/6) 29th place NC Belgium (21/6) 1st place Tour de France (27/6-19/7) 1st place 2nd place in points ranking 1st place in mountain ranking 1st place in prologue 3rd place in 1st stage 1st place in 9th stage 2nd place in 10th stage 1st place in 13rd stage 1st place in 14th stage 1st place in 16th stage 1st place in 18th stage 1st place in 25th stage 1st place in 28th stage GP Union Dortmund (30/8) 1st place Tre Valli Varesine (6/9) 2nd place Puy-de-Dome (13/9) 2nd place 1st place in 1st stage Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (17/9) 7th place Giro del Lazio (20/9) 6th place Montjuich (24/9) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage Giro dell`Emilia (3/10) 7th place Criterium des As (4/10) 1st place Coppa Agostoni (7/10) 1st place Giro di Lombardia (10/10) 4th place Dwars door Lausanne (11/10) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage Trofeo Laigueglia (21/2) 4th place GP Monaco (24/2) 2nd place Giro di Sardegna (27/2-3/3) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 7th stage Paris - Nice (10-17/3) 1st place 1st place in prologue 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 9th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place La Fleche Brabanconne (21/3) 2nd place Omloop Het Volk (25/3) 1st place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (27/3) 3rd place Gent - Wevelgem (31/3) 14th place Tour of Flanders (4/4) 75th place Belgium Tour (11-15/4) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 4th stage Paris - Roubaix (18/4) 5th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (25/4) 1st place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 1st place Coppa Bernocchi (12/5) 7th place Dauphiné Libéré (18-23/5) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 7th stage Midi Libre (3-6/6) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage GP Camaiore (15/6) 1st place NC Belgium (20/6) 5th place Tour de France (26/6-18/7) 1st place 1st place in points ranking 3rd place in mountain ranking 1st place in 5th stage 3rd place in 15th stage 2nd place in 16th stage 1st place in 17th stage 2nd place in 18th stage 2nd place in 20th stage 1st place in 22nd stage 1st place in 25th stage Cronostafetta (22/8) 1st place in 3rd stage Leeuwse Pijl (29/8) 3rd place World Championships (5/9) 1st place GP Union Dortmund (12/9) 3rd place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (16/9) 8th place Montjuich (24/9) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage GP Baden-Baden (26/9) 1st place Giro dell`Emilia (4/10) 5th place Giro di Lombardia (9/10) 1st place Dwars door Lausanne (10/10) 2nd place Sluitingsprijs (12/10) 4th place Trofeo Laigueglia (20/2) 2nd place Giro di Sardegna (27/2-2/3) 37th place 5th place in 6th stage Omloop Het Volk (4/3) 3rd place Paris - Nice (9-16/3) 2nd place 1st place in prologue 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 6th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (25/3) 2nd place La Fleche Brabanconne (26/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (9/4) 7th place Gent - Wevelgem (12/4) 3rd place Paris - Roubaix (16/4) 7th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (20/4) 1st place La Flèche Wallonne (23/4) 1st place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 2nd place GP Momignies (6/5) 1st place Tour du Condroz (11/5) 8th place GP Cemab (16/5) 5th place Giro d`Italia (21/5-11/6) 1st place 2nd place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 2nd place in 3rd stage 2nd place in 8th stage 1st place in 13rd stage 2nd place in 14th stage 1st place in 16th stage 1st place in 18th stage 3rd place in 19th stage 1st place in 22nd stage NC Belgium (25/6) 2nd place Tour de France (1-23/7) 1st place 1st place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 11st stage 2nd place in 14th stage 3rd place in 15th stage 1st place in 16th stage 1st place in 17th stage 2nd place in 18th stage 2nd place in 19th stage 1st place in 24th stage GP de l`Escaut (1/8) 1st place World Championships (6/8) 4th place GP Union Dortmund (13/8) 1st place Giro di Piemonte (9/9) 1st place Ronde van Mendrisio (10/9) 1st place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (14/9) 2nd place Montjuich (24/9) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 3rd stage Giro dell`Emilia (4/10) 1st place Giro di Lombardia (7/10) 1st place Dwars door Lausanne (8/10) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage Trofeo Baracchi (11/10) 1st place Sluitingsprijs (17/10) 2nd place Trofeo Laigueglia (18/2) 1st place Giro di Sardegna (24/2-1/3) 1st place 1st place in 4th stage Omloop Het Volk (3/3) 1st place Milano - Torino (7/3) 4th place Paris - Nice (11-17/3) 3rd place 1st place in prologue Semaine Catalane (26-30/3) 2nd place Tour of Flanders (1/4) 3rd place Gent - Wevelgem (3/4) 1st place Amstel Gold Race (7/4) 1st place Paris - Roubaix (15/4) 1st place La Flèche Wallonne (19/4) 2nd place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (22/4) 1st place Vuelta a Espana (26/4-13/5) 1st place 1st place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 1st place in 1st stage 3rd place in 5th stage 2nd place in 6th stage 1st place in 10th stage 1st place in 13rd stage 2nd place in 14th stage 2nd place in 16th stage 1st place in 19th stage 1st place in 20th stage 1st place in 22nd stage Giro d`Italia (18/5-9/6) 1st place 1st place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 1st place in prologue 1st place in 1st stage 3rd place in 2nd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 10th stage 3rd place in 11st stage 3rd place in 16th stage 1st place in 18th stage Tour de la Flandre Orientale (17/6) 1st place NC Belgium (24/6) 2nd place GP de l`Escaut (31/7) 9th place GP Union Dortmund (12/8) 3rd place Cronostafetta (18/8) 1st place in 1st stage World Championships (2/9) 4th place Ronde van Mendrisio (9/9) 2nd place Criterium des As (15/9) 3rd place GP Fourmies (22-23/9) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage Paris - Bruxelles (26/9) 1st place Paris - Tours (30/9) 6th place Dwars door Lausanne (7/10) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage GP des Nations (7/10) 1st place Trofeo Laigueglia (20/2) 1st place Giro di Sardegna (23-27/2) 4th place Omloop Het Volk (2/3) 6th place Paris - Nice (9-16/3) 3rd place 1st place in prologue 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 5th stage Semaine Catalane (25-29/3) 2nd place Tour of Flanders (31/3) 4th place Gent - Wevelgem (2/4) 2nd place Paris - Roubaix (7/4) 4th place Coppa Placci (25/4) 3rd place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 2nd place GP Momignies (4/5) 1st place Quatre Jours de Dunkerque (8-12/5) 4th place Giro d`Italia (16/5-9/6) 1st place 2nd place in mountain ranking 2nd place in 9th stage 2nd place in 11st stage 1st place in 13rd stage 2nd place in 19th stage 1st place in 22nd stage Tour de Suisse (13-21/6) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 3rd stage Tour de France (27/6-21/7) 1st place 2nd place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 9th stage 1st place in 12nd stage 1st place in 13rd stage 2nd place in 14th stage 1st place in 17th stage 1st place in 22nd stage 1st place in 24th stage 2nd place in 25th stage 1st place in 26th stage Leeuwse Pijl (11/8) 5th place GP Union Dortmund (18/8) 9th place World Championships (25/8) 1st place Criterium des As (1/9) 1st place Coppa Agostoni (9/10) 5th place Giro di Lombardia (12/10) 2nd place Dwars door Lausanne (13/10) 4th place Montjuich (20/10) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 3rd stage Trofeo Baracchi (27/10) 3rd place Giro di Sardegna (22-26/2) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage Monte Urpino (27/2) 1st place Omloop Het Volk (1/3) 6th place Paris - Nice (9-16/3) 2nd place 1st place in prologue 1st place in 5th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place Amstel Gold Race (29/3) 1st place Semaine Catalane (31/3-4/4) 1st place 1st place in 4th stage Tour of Flanders (6/4) 1st place Gent - Wevelgem (9/4) 6th place Paris - Roubaix (13/4) 2nd place GP Wallone (15/4) 2nd place La Flèche Wallonne (17/4) 3rd place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (20/4) 1st place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 7th place Züri Metzgete (4/5) 2nd place Tour de Romandie (6-11/5) 14th place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 6th stage Dauphiné Libéré (2-9/6) 10th place Tour de Suisse (12-20/6) 2nd place 1st place in 1st stage NC Belgium (22/6) 3rd place Tour de France (26/6-20/7) 2nd place 2nd place in points ranking 2nd place in mountain ranking 2nd place in 1st stage 2nd place in 2nd stage 3rd place in 7th stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 12nd stage 2nd place in 16th stage 3rd place in 17th stage 2nd place in 19th stage 3rd place in 20th stage 3rd place in 21st stage GP Union Dortmund (17/8) 5th place Druivenkoers (27/8) 1st place World Championships (28/8) 8th place Criterium des As (7/9) 4th place Paris - Bruxelles (14/9) 2nd place GP Jef Scherens (21/9) 3rd place Montjuich (24/9) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 3rd stage Tours - Versailles (28/9) 9th place Coppa Agostoni (8/10) 5th place Giro di Lombardia (11/10) 6th place Dwars door Lausanne (12/10) 2nd place Giro di Sardegna (26/2-1/3) 8th place Omloop Het Volk (6/3) 15th place Tirreno - Adriatico (12-16/3) 2nd place 1st place in 2nd stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place La Fleche Brabanconne (21/3) 2nd place Semaine Catalane (22-26/3) 1st place 1st place in prologue 1st place in 5th stage Tour of Flanders (4/4) 17th place Gent - Wevelgem (6/4) 10th place Paris - Roubaix (11/4) 6th place La Flèche Wallonne (15/4) 4th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (18/4) 6th place GP Wallone (21/4) 7th place Omloop van het Leiedal (25/4) 1st place Rund um den Henniger Turm (1/5) 7th place Züri Metzgete (2/5) 7th place Tour de Romandie (4-9/5) 3rd place 1st place in 1st stage Giro d`Italia (21/5-12/6) 8th place 2nd place in points ranking 3rd place in 6th stage 2nd place in 9th stage 2nd place in 22nd stage Ronde van Mendrisio (3/7) 4th place GP Stad Zottegem (17/8) 2nd place Tre Valli Varesine (21/8) 6th place Giro del Lazio (28/8) 3rd place World Championships (5/9) 5th place Criterium des As (10/9) 2nd place Tour Mediterraneen (19-23/2) 1st place Omloop Het Volk (5/3) 5th place Paris - Nice (10-17/3) 1st place in 5th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 96th place Semaine Catalane (21-25/3) 5th place Amstel Gold Race (9/4) 9th place Paris - Roubaix (17/4) 11st place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (24/4) 6th place Züri Metzgete (8/5) 4th place Tour de Romandie (10-15/5) 7th place Tour du Condroz (19/5) 1st place Circuit de l`Indre (25/5) 2nd place Dauphiné Libéré (30/5-6/6) 8th place Tour de Suisse (15-24/6) 12nd place 1st place in 6th stage NC Belgium (26/6) 9th place Tour de France (30/6-24/7) 6th place 3rd place in 1st stage 3rd place in 3rd stage 2nd place in 7th stage 3rd place in 22nd stage Leeuwse Pijl (28/8) 5th place World Championships (4/9) 33rd place GP d`Isbergues (18/9) 2nd place Tour du Haut Var (26/2) 5th place |