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List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx
Road
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (
1969 ,
1970 ,
1971 ,
1972 ,
1974 )
Points classification (
1969 ,
1971 ,
1972 )
Mountains classification (
1969 ,
1970 )
Combination classification (
1969 ,
1970 ,
1971 ,
1972 ,
1974 )
Combativity award (
1969 ,
1970 ,
1974 ,
1975 )
34 individual stages (
1969 –
1972 ,
1974 ,
1975 )
Giro d'Italia
General classification (
1968 ,
1970 ,
1972 ,
1973 ,
1974 )
Points classification (
1968 ,
1973 )
Mountains classification (
1968 )
24 individual stages (
1967 –
1970 ,
1972 ,
1973 ,
1974 )
Vuelta a España
General classification (
1973 )
Points classification (
1973 )
Combination classification (
1973 )
6 individual stages (
1973 )
Stage races
Escalada a Montjuïc (1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975)
À travers Lausanne (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973)
Giro di Sardegna (1968, 1971, 1973, 1975)
Tour de Romandie (
1968 )
Volta a Catalunya (
1968 )
Paris–Luxembourg (1969)
Paris–Nice (
1969 ,
1970 ,
1971 )
Vuelta a Levante (1969)
Tour of Belgium (1970, 1971)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (
1971 )
Tour de Suisse (
1974 )
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (1975, 1976)
One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championships (
1967 ,
1971 ,
1974 )
National Road Race Championships (1970)
Milan–San Remo (
1966 ,
1967 ,
1969 ,
1971 ,
1972 ,
1975 ,
1976 )
Paris–Roubaix (
1968 ,
1970 ,
1973 )
Tour of Flanders (
1969 ,
1975 )
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (
1969 ,
1971 ,
1972 ,
1973 ,
1975 )
Giro di Lombardia (
1971 ,
1972 )
La Flèche Wallonne (
1967 ,
1970 ,
1972 )
Gent–Wevelgem (
1967 ,
1970 ,
1973 )
Omloop Het Volk (
1971 ,
1973 )
Grand Prix du Midi Libre (1971)
Rund um den Henninger-Turm (1971)
Giro del Piemonte (1972)
Amstel Gold Race (
1973 ,
1975 )
Paris–Brussels (1973)
Giro dell'Emilia (1973)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (1973)
Trofeo Laigueglia (1973, 1974)
Other
Super Prestige Pernod International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
GP Baden–Baden (1971)
Hour Record (1972)
Grand Prix des Nations (1973)
Track
European Championships
Madison (1970, 1977)
Omnium (1975)
National Championships
Madison (1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976)
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]
Limited list, only mentioning 1st places. Source:
[3]
[4]
[5]
1961 (Debutant)
1st Petit-Enghien
1962
1st
Road race , National Junior Road Championships
1st
Overall
Liège-La Gleize
1963 (Amateur)
1st
Rund um Sebnitz
1st Overall
Tour of Limburg amateur race
1st Kampioenschap van Brabant (
TTT )
1964
1st
Road race ,
UCI Amateur Road Championships
1st
Brussels-Opwijk
1st
GP Affligem
1965 (Solo-Supéria)
1st
GP Stad Vilvoorde
1st
Omloop van het Houtland (Torhout)
1st Trofee Luc Van Biesen
1st Kampioenschap van Brabant (
TTT )
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 (Team Peugeot–BP)
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Ferdinand Bracke )
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1b
1st
Circuit des Frontières
1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1st Geraardsbergen-Viane
1st
Boucles de l'Aulne
1st
Druivenkoers Overijse
1st Overall
Tour of Morbihan
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Stage 2
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st
Wattrelos–Meulebeke
1st
GP Pino Cerami
1st Helchteren
1st Rousiès
1st Denderleeuw
1st Rumes
1st GP Le Télégramme à Châteaulin
1st Criterium de Puteaux
1967 (Team Peugeot–BP)
1st
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 12 & 14
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
La Flèche Wallonne
1st
Gent–Wevelgem
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Ferdinand Bracke )
1st
Critérium des As
1st
Nationale Sluitingsprijs
1st Stage 3
Paris–Luxembourg
1st
Omloop der Zennevallei
1st
Tour du Condroz
Paris–Nice
1st Stages 2 & 6
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 6 & 7
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 (Team Faema)
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 8, & 12
1st
Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 1 & 5b
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 1
1st
Overall
À travers Lausanne
1st Stages 1a & 2a
1st
Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 6
1st Stage 3 (
TTT )
Paris–Luxembourg
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 3 (
TTT )
Paris–Nice
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 (Team Faema)
1st
Overall
Tour de France
1st
Points classification
1st
Mountains classification
1st
Combination classification
1st
Combativity award
1st Stages 1b (
TTT ), 6, 8a (
ITT ), 11, 15 (
ITT ), 17 & 22b (
ITT )
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 3, 4 (
ITT ), 7 & 15 (
ITT )
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Tour of Flanders
1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st
Overall
Vuelta a Levante
1st Points Classification
1st Stages 3, 4 & 5
1st
Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Stages 2, 3b & 7b
1st
Wattrelos–Meulebeke
1st
Overall
Paris–Luxembourg
1st Stage 2
1st
Boucles de l'Aulne
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Mallorca
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
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
1970 (Team Faema–Faemino)
1st
Overall
Tour de France
1st
Mountains classification
1st
Combination classification
1st
Combativity award
1st Prologue (
ITT ) & Stages 3 (
TTT ), 7a, 10, 11a (
ITT ), 12, 14, 20b (
ITT ) & 23 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Combination classification
1st Stages 2, 7 & 9
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
La Flèche Wallonne
1st
Gent–Wevelgem
1st
Overall
Paris–Nice
1st
Points classification
1st Mountains classification
Winner Combativity award
1st Stages 3, 7b & 8b
1st
Overall
Tour of Belgium
1st
Points Classification
1st Stages 1b & 3b
1st
Road race,
National Road Championships
1st
GP Union Dortmund
1st Stage 1 Puy-de-Dôme
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 2 (
ITT )
1st
Critérium des As
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st
Overall
À travers Lausanne
1st Stage 2
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
1st Eeklo cyclo-cross (with
Roger De Vlaeminck )
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
2nd Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 2 & 5
1971 (Team Molteni)
1st
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Overall
Tour de France
1st
Points classification
1st
Combination classification
1st Stages 2, 13 (
ITT ), 17 & 20 (
ITT )
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st
Omloop Het Volk
1st
Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 1, 3 & 7
1st
Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2b (
ITT ) & 7b (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour of Belgium
1st
Points Classification
1st Stages 1 (
ITT ), 2 & 4
1st
Rund um den Henninger-Turm
1st
Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stages 1 (
TTT ), 2 & 7
1st
Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st Stage 3 Cronostafetta
1st
Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st
LuK Challenge Chrono (with
Herman Vanspringel )
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
1st Badia a Settimo
1st Ghedi
1st Trofeo Montorsi
1st Cordenons
1972 (Team Molteni)
1st
Overall
Tour de France
1st
Points classification
1st
Combination classification
1st Prologue, Stages 5b (
ITT ), 8, 13, 14a & 20a (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 12a (
ITT ), 14, 16 & 19b (
ITT )
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
La Flèche Wallonne
1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Brabantse Pijl
1st
Grand Prix de Momignies
1st
Scheldeprijs
1st
GP Union Dortmund
1st
Giro del Piemonte
1st Giro del Mendrisio
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Overall
À travers Lausanne
1st Stages 1a & 2a
1st
Trofeo Baracchi , with
Roger Swerts
1st Challenge Gan
1st Castelfranco
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
2nd Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 6
1973 (Team Molteni)
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Combination classification
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 4, 8, 10 & 18
1st
Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Points classification
1st
Combined classification
1st Sprints classification
1st Prologue, Stages 8, 10, 15b (
ITT ), 16 & 17b (
ITT )
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st
Omloop Het Volk
1st
Gent–Wevelgem
1st
Amstel Gold Race
1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
1st
Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 4
1st Prologue
Paris–Nice
1st
Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
1st Stage 1 Cronostafetta
1st Overall
Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Stage 1
1st
Paris–Brussels
1st
Overall
À travers Lausanne
1st Stages 1a & 2a
1st
Grand Prix des Nations
1st Overall Course de côte de Montecampione
1st Challenge Gan
1st Monsummano
1st Pavullo
1st Nandrin
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
1974 (Team Molteni)
1st
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Overall
Tour de France
1st
Combination classification
1st
Combativity award
1st Prologue, Stages 7, 9, 10, 15, 19b (
ITT ), 21a & 22
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 12 (
ITT ) & 21
1st
Trofeo Laigueglia
1st Prologue & Stage 1
Paris–Nice
1st
Grand Prix de Momignies
1st
Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st
Points classification
1st
Mountains classification
1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 11 (
ITT )
1st
Critérium des As
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st GP Malderen
1st Challenge Gan
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
2nd Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1975 (Team Molteni)
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Tour of Flanders
1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st
Amstel Gold Race
1st
Overall
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 2
1st
Classica Sarda
1st
Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 4
Tour de Romandie
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 6
1st
Boucles de l'Aulne
1st
Druivenkoers Overijse
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st
ITT &
TTT with
Lucien Van Impe
1st Overall
Super Prestige Pernod International
1st
Sassari-Cagliari
1st Stuttgart-Böblingen
2nd Overall
Tour de France
1st
Combativity award
1st Stages 6 (
ITT ) & 9b (
ITT )
2nd Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Prologue & Stage 5
2nd Overall
Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 8
1976 (Team Molteni)
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Prologue & Stage 4 (
ITT )
1st
Omloop Leiedal
1st Prologue (
TTT )
Tour de Romandie
1st Omloop van de Westkust-De Panne
1st
Ronde van West-Vlaanderen
2nd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
1977 (Team Fiat)
1st
Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5
Paris–Nice
1st
Tour du Condroz
1st Stage 7
Tour de Suisse
6th Overall
Tour de France
1st Stage 9 (
TTT )
Grand Tour general classification and World Championships results
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Vuelta a España
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
1
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
Stages won
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
—
—
—
—
Mountains classification
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
Points classification
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
Giro d'Italia
DNE
DNE
9
1
DSQ
1
DNE
1
1
1
DNE
8
DNE
Stages won
—
—
2
3
4
3
—
4
6
2
—
0
—
Mountains classification
—
—
3
1
DSQ
4
—
2
2
2
—
7
—
Points classification
—
—
2
1
DSQ
3
—
2
1
4
—
2
—
Tour de France
DNE
DNE
DNE
DNE
1
1
1
1
DNE
1
2
DNE
6
Stages won
—
—
—
—
6
8
4
6
—
8
2
—
0
Mountains classification
—
—
—
—
1
1
3
2
—
2
2
—
11
Points classification
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
1
—
2
2
—
5
World Championship
29
12
1
8
DNF
29
1
4
4
1
8
5
33
Legend
1
Winner
2–3
Top three-finish
4–10
Top ten-finish
11–
Other finish
DNE
Did not enter
DNF-x
Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x
Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD
Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ
Disqualified
N/A
Race/classification not held
NR
Not ranked in this classification
Source:
[3]
[5]
Monuments results timeline
Source:
[3]
[5]
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Source:
[3]
[5]
Legend
—
Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
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 )
Merckx after finishing a
time trial stage of the
Giro d'Italia . San Marino, 6 June 1968
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.
See
Eddy Merckx records overview
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
Merckx during his hour record attempt in Mexico City, 1972