hagar Posted September 18, 2008 Share I was reading this little bit on Wikipedia about Eddy Merckx most impressive : Classics VictoriesIn addition to Grand Tour successes, Merckx has an impressive listof victories in one-day races (for a comprehensive list, see lowerdown). Among the highlights are a record of seven victories in Milan-Sanremo (absolute record of victories in one single classic race), two victories in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, three wins in Paris-Roubaix, five in Li?ge-Bastogne-Li?ge (record), and two in the Giro di Lombardia, a total of 19 victories in the "Monument" Classics. He also won the World Road Racing Championship a record three times in 1967, 1971 and 1974, and every Classic except Paris-Tours. Finally, he won 17 six-day track races, often with Patrick Sercu.[edit] RecordsThe following are records that Merckx set during his career.Most career victories by a professional cyclist: 525.Most victories in one season: 54.Most stage victories in the Tour de France: 34.Most stage victories in one Tour de France: 8, in 1970 and 1974 (shared with Charles P?lissier in 1930 and Freddy Maertens in 1976).Most days with the yellow jersey in the Tour de France: 96.The only cyclist to have won the yellow, green and red polka-dotted jersey in the same Tour de France (1969).Most victories in the Classic cycle races: 28.Most victories in one single Classic cycle race: 7 (in Milan-Sanremo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted September 18, 2008 Share En dan is daar mense wat s? one nut is 'n beter fietser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 18, 2008 Share hell man wie is one nut huh ??? my kop is plat man help my reg sblief !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted September 18, 2008 Share I'm no bof on this cycling history thing (also thinks Merckx is da bomb), but what was the quality of the opposition he had then compared to "one nut" as Mampara so eloquently puts it? Wannabe2008-09-18 07:30:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemish Lion Posted September 18, 2008 Share Thanks for clearing that up Hagar - best cyclist ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 18, 2008 Share ja ok but i still dont know who the nut was if you dont tell me soon i will have another cup of coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted September 18, 2008 Share One nut = Lance I'mstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted September 18, 2008 Share One nut = Lance I'mstrong. En dit lyk vir my of hy met sy net een NUT weer almal se gatte gaan laat klap!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted September 18, 2008 Share One nut = Lance I'mstrong. Mampara thats why you were on my list of funny dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 18, 2008 Share thanks for clearing that up Para !!! my opinion Lance was a le tour specialist where Eddy was a more complete cyclist who excelled in whatever he did no matter what anyway what do I know its just my opinion and i got his "kop"(EDDY) on my two Ride shirts so he must be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 18, 2008 Share whhhhhaaaa @ para yes man i get it now !!!!! please forgive me we are very slow here down south today must be that frigging cold ride yesterday froze my brain yes both cells !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted September 18, 2008 Share come come chaps, get a grip please!! lance won 7 x TDF, Eddy Merckx only won 5 x TDF. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted September 18, 2008 Share This is why Mercx won the title of Cyclist of the Century 1900 to 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted September 19, 2008 Share I'm only taking the p*ss Joss . . . lance will never ever ever come close to the Eddy Merckx record or be half as good a rider as Eddy was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuctionLamb Posted September 19, 2008 Share If the competition was as good as today in Merckx 's time then yes....but in the early days there was only a handfull that can do all the races and win. Today there is 10 times more cyclist that can win on the day. In Merckx time you can compete in all those races and have a chance of winning...today more cyclist aiming for one tour win....for example....one guy him aim for the year would be Paris to Roub the other one's aim in TdF, the other one is Tour d Italia etc. In a nutshell....the competition was not as nearly as tough as it is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted September 19, 2008 Share The competition was there, it's not as if Merckx won his 5 titles back to back like la did, to me that implies la had no competition at all to win 7 in a row. Races were tougher then as well with longer routes, heavier bikes etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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