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Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx Biography and Timeline
Follow Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx through 7 dated historical records for Belgium.
Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
7Distinct records
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1967–1973Years on this page
1967
1968
Giro dItalia
Winner of the Giro dItalia
1969
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France. The only cyclist to have won the yellow, green and red polka-dotted jersey in the same Tour de France
1970
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, most stage victories in one Tour de France: 8, in 1970 and 1974
1971
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France
1972
World Record
Merckx sets the bicycle hour speed record covering 49.431 km at high altitude in Mexico City
1973
Vuelta a Espana
Winner of the Vuelta a Espaca
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.