Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, born 17 June 1945, better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours (five Tours of France, five Tours of Italy, and a Tour of Spain), all of the five Monuments, three World Championships, the hour record, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track.
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, born 17 June 1945, better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in...
His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He...
Gianni Bugno won the World Road Cycling Championship twice, the first time in 1991, in Stuttgart (the jersey in object refers to this victory), and the second one in 1992, in Benidorm (Spain).
The name of Sante Gaiardoni (together with that of Antonio Maspes and Leandro Faggin) is connected to the “epic” age of track cycling, when Italian athletes were absolute stars. Gaiardoni won two...
His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He...
Saronni, together with Moser, has let us experience the dualism that characterised Coppi and Bartali in the fifties once again. He won two Giro d’Italia (1979 and 1983) and the 1982 World Road...
This is a unique item worn by Moser on the podium of San Cristobal (Venezuela) when he won the World Road Cycling Championship on 4th September 1977. Moser has also won the World Road Cycling...
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, born 17 June 1945, better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in...
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, born 17 June 1945, better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
