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List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx
Merckx after he won the 1975 Amstel Gold Race in the world champion's rainbow jersey.
Major wins
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)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Sallanches Amateurs' road race
Gold medal – first place 1967 Heerlen Professional road race
Gold medal – first place 1971 Mendrisio Professional road race
Gold medal – first place 1974 Montréal Professional road race
Men's track cycling
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Köln Madison
Gold medal – first place 1975 Grenoble Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1977 Kopenhagen Madison
Silver medal – second place 1968 Gent Omnium
Silver medal – second place 1970 Gent Omnium

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

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Major results

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Limited list, only mentioning 1st places. Source:[3][4][5]

Road

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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

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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

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Source:[3][5]

Monument 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
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 stage race general classification results timeline

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Source:[3][5]

Race 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Giro di Sardegna — 28 1 — 2 1 33 1 4 1 8 20
Paris–Nice 4 10 DNF 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 — DNF
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — — — — — — 2 —
Volta a Catalunya — — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Tour of the Basque Country X X X — — — — — — — — —
Tour of Belgium 11 — DNF — 1 1 — ? — — 26 —
Grand Prix du Midi Libre 11 — — — — 1 — — — — 3 7
Tour de Romandie — — 1 — — — — — — 14 3 7
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré — — — — — 1 — — — 10 — 8
Tour de Suisse — — — — — — — — 1 2 — 12
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

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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

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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.

Records

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Road

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See Eddy Merckx records overview

Track

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  • 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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Merckx during his hour record attempt in Mexico City, 1972
Discipline Record Date Event Velodrome Ref
Hour record 49.431 km 25 October 1972 — Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile of Eddy Merckx". www.topendsports.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Eddy Merckx". FirstCycling.com. 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Cycling – Eddy Merckx". The-Sports.org. Québec, Canada: Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Eddy Merckx". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Palmarès de Eddy Merckx (Bel)" [Awards of Eddy Merckx (Bel)]. Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Historic Overview Eddy Merckx". CyclingRanking. 3 June 2023.
  8. ^ "RETRO: 50 jaar geleden verpulverde Eddy Merckx het uurrecord". Sporza. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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