Eddy Merckx

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human professional cyclist road racing cyclist

Eddy Merckx is a legendary Belgian cyclist widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, known for his dominance in Grand Tours and one-day classics during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
Eddy Merckx canonical 17
Eddy Merckx Cycles 1
Merckx 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional cyclist ⓘ
road racing cyclist ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-06-17 ⓘ
discipline road cycling ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
familyName Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merckx
founded Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eddy Merckx Cycles
fullName Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Édouard Louis Joseph Merckx
givenName Édouard ⓘ
height approximately 1.83 m ⓘ
held hour record ⓘ
isConsidered one of the greatest cyclists of all time ⓘ
knownFor dominance in Grand Tours ⓘ
dominance in one-day classics ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
nationality Belgian ⓘ
nickname The Cannibal ⓘ
occupation bicycle manufacturer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Belgium ⓘ
Flemish Brabant ⓘ
Meensel-Kiezegem ⓘ
residence Belgium ⓘ
retired 1978 ⓘ
role rider ⓘ
setHourRecord 1972 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport cycling ⓘ
team Faema ⓘ
Fiat ⓘ
Molteni ⓘ
Peugeot ⓘ
surface form: Peugeot–BP–Michelin
turnedProfessional 1965 ⓘ
won Giro d'Italia ⓘ
Giro di Lombardia ⓘ
Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ
Milan–San Remo ⓘ
Paris–Roubaix ⓘ
Tour de France ⓘ
Tour of Flanders ⓘ
Vuelta a España ⓘ
five editions of the Giro d'Italia ⓘ
five editions of the Tour de France ⓘ
multiple Grand Tours ⓘ
multiple Monuments of cycling ⓘ
one edition of the Vuelta a España ⓘ
UCI Road World Championships road race ⓘ
surface form: world road race championship

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tour de France → mostOverallWinsHolder → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Eddy Merckx → fullName → Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Édouard Louis Joseph Merckx
Eddy Merckx → familyName → Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merckx
Eddy Merckx → founded → Eddy Merckx self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eddy Merckx Cycles
Paris–Nice → notableWinner → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Liège–Bastogne–Liège → mostWinsRider → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Milan–San Remo → recordWinsHolder → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Faema → notableRider → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Faema → roleInCyclingHistory → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
this entity surface form: helped launch Eddy Merckx's dominance
Molteni → notableRider → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Molteni → teamLeader → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Meensel-Kiezegem → hasNotablePerson → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Raymond Poulidor → rival → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Felice Gimondi → competedAgainst → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Roger De Vlaeminck → rival → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Tirreno–Adriatico → notableWinner → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Faema cycling team → notableRider → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Gianni Motta → competedAgainst → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Rik Van Looy → notableRival → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Eddy Merckx Cycles → namedAfter → Eddy Merckx ⓘ
Eddy Merckx Cycles → inspiredBy → Eddy Merckx ⓘ