All items tagged with 'Eddy Merckx'

Victorious Merckx at the 1974 World Cycling Championships in Montreal

Montreal 1974. The World Championship in which the Belgians simply weren't allowed to fail

The 1974 World Cycling Championships in Montreal, Canada, were the first in history to take place outside Europe. The road race was settled on a...

Eddy Merckx and Sepp Vogeli after the podium ceremony

"Even if Merckx rides a triporteur he is still ten classes too strong!" A look back at the 1974 Tour de Suisse

In June 1974, Eddy Merckx took part in the Tour de Suisse for the first time. He was able to live up to his favourite role there. A triumphant race...

Frans Verbeeck after his victory in the Omloop het Volk (1970)

"I delivered cream in the morning and in the afternoon I won the Omloop,” Frans Verbeeck on Monseré, the 'fight' with Merckx and the work-cycling combination

'The cycling milkman', 'the soup' and 'the Flemish Poulidor'. Three nicknames of former cycling champion Frans Verbeeck (81), each with their own...

World hour record attempt by Victor Campenaerts

Competing for a place in the cycling pantheon. The Belgian hour record holders

The hour record exudes magic. More than that, whoever sets a record is immediately assured of a place in the history books. Exactly 50 years ago,...

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