Eddy Merckx

Pas Normal Studios and Colnago collaborate on a bike, Scarab has a new bike, and more this week in tech.

This limited edition all-road bike and jersey collaboration comes to support children's charity.

Uno-X Mobility is pushing special-edition, one-off looks to new levels with a 7-Eleven-inspired kit and a special-edition Ridley that also pay homage to Eddy Merckx.

Van der Poel flew blind to Hellish triple after cobblestone sparring match with Pogačar: 'It is exceptional what he does.'

Tour de Hoody: Pogačar hints at start at Paris-Roubaix, but his real hell will be trying unravel the puzzle of Milan-San Remo.

His victories across all five monuments and two world titles made him one of the superstars of the 1950s and 1960s. He died from a long illness at 90.

Belgian legend begins physiotherapy after hip replacement operation, pledges never to cycle alone again.

Best-ever pro rider Merckx says he was ‘scared’ after his fall Monday, could be back on bike soon.

"The Cannibal" is in good hands at a hospital in Herentals, Belgium, according to his family.

Retired pro Bobby Julich recounts his first memories of Mark Cavendish, and the friendship that blossomed between them.

Manx rider retires as the greatest sprinter cycling has known, and as the Tour de France stage win record holder.

Ventoux chronicler Jeremy Whittle charts the history and challenges of the most notorious climb of the Tour de France.

Belgian champion Eli Iserbyt has liquid chucked in his face during cyclocross race, prompting police to intervene.

Belgian Hall of Famer reels back comments that 'Pogačar is now above me' as Slovenian prepares to debut rainbow jersey this weekend in Emilia.

Cycling's exclusive triple crown for Pogačar, in a manner bigger and bolder than Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche

'He's a phenomenon,' says Roche, who details his own path to joining Merckx as the only riders to win Giro, Tour and world championships in the same season.

UAE boss waves off historical milestones as Pogačar zeroes in on 'Triple Crown' marker: 'We don't race for that. We race to win.'

'It shows anything is possible': Cavendish digs into what pushed him on against naysayers, age, injuries, and rivals.

Three-time Tour winner’s swashbuckling season sees more and more records fall.

Third overall behind Pogačar and Vingegaard marks a stunning debut, but Belgian cycling history tells a cautionary tale.

Tadej Pogačar finds himself in good company — and has outperformed a certain Eddy Merckx.

Cavendish suffered through the Pyrénées to fight for one last win: 'It's the last time perhaps I do a sprint in the Tour de France.'

A fascinating interview with one of the most captivating personalities in cycling, who died on Friday.

'Those days of Merckx are over. What Cavendish did is just insane:' Belgian pro Oliver Naesen says peloton holds deep respect for what the Manxman accomplished.

'Sometimes you have to use your head': The 5 key moments where Cavendish used all his tradecraft and acumen to deliver a stunning win for his history-making sprint.

Manxman achieves long-targeted goal, moving past Eddy Merckx with blistering sprint finish.

If Tadej Pogačar wins this race, he will join a small and elite group of riders in completing the Giro-Tour double. But if he goes on to win the world championship too, he would become only the third rider ever to do that.

'We have everything in place to do it': Mark Cavendish plays down pressure as hype builds ahead of Tour de France chase to break the Eddy Merckx record of 34 victories.

Will Pogačar keep attacking or race more conservatively in the second half of the Giro d'Italia? 'I'm happy I have a bigger gap.'

The Belgian cycling great is recovering at home after recent surgery.

The UAE Tour didn’t quite go to plan, but modest stage places there don’t give the full picture.

Shoddy Dave discovers the newly refreshed line of Eddy Merckx Cycles at Velofollies.

A botched sprint in the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France put the wheels in motion for the Danish leadout ace to return for last chance at history.

There won't be any improvisation in the 'Cavendish Express' with the arrival of confirmed stars like Mørkøv and Ballerini for 2024 in quest to better Eddy Merckx record.

Superstar sprinter didn't want to end his career with injury, and signs on for one more season with Astana-Qazaqstan for 2024.

Reports link a deal for Danish leadout ace to join Astana-Qazaqstan and sources say team is preparing for extension of Manxman for 2024.

The Slovenian becomes one of the few riders who's won the Tour de France and medals in both the Olympic Games and world championships.

Saturday's crash is just the latest in a long history of over-eager fans and too-close spectators causing chaos on the Tour de France.

The Tour de France is up next and the British sprinter is hoping to end his spectacular career with an exclamation point.

Two of Belgium's biggest names agree they would have never given away a race as prestigious as Gent-Wevelgem. 'I wouldn't have done it,' says Merckx.

After a spectacular start to his season, Pogačar is about to unleash on the spring classics from Milan-San Remo to Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

The decisive climb in La Primavera is so innocuous that on the other 364 days of the year an errant cycling tourist will have a hard time finding it. 

Manxman tries to downplay the growing hype around the Tour de France record as he's decides his race program in his season debut in Oman.

In a wide-ranging interview, Cavendish reveals new details about his arrival to Astana-Qazaqstan.

Unsung Dutch sprinter is thrust into the key role of leadout man in the quest to better the Merckx mark.

Astana-Qazaqstan confirms early names to build a full sprint train in quest to break the Merckx mark.

Faster rivals, aging legs, and an uncertain leadout: Our editors debate if Cavendish can deliver one more win to usurp Eddy Merckx.

Only two men and one woman have achieved cycling's hardest treble. We asked Stephe Roche why it's so hard.

The Italian rider won the Giro in 1965 and the world title in 1968, and later played a key role at the UCI to help create the WorldTour.

The burnt orange, the Molteni sticker, the Campagnolo in curvy font – this car is pure nostalgia.

Apparently the decision between Giro and Tour has already been made, but Camp Evenepoel is remaining tight-lipped for now.

Eddy Merckx: 'I never pushed him into cycling. I said, 'Play soccer. It's much easier."'

Belgian equals Greg LeMond as the only rider to win both junior and elite men's road world titles at UCI Road World Championships.

"I like to eat fries. But they must be light."

'Every stage is like a mini World Cup race. It’s so intense. That’s great for the sport and for the viewers but it makes it hard work for the pure sprinters,' says Australian.

Merckx was at the height of his career, and seemed simply unstoppable. But on this day, Ocaña simply destroyed 'The Cannibal.'

Quick-Step sports director thinks that Fabio Jakobsen would beat Mark Cavendish in two out of three sprints.

Tour de Hoody: Slovenian superstar could become first Tour de France winner since Eddy Merckx to win De Ronde if he delivers Sunday.

'There’s every chance that Pogačar could win the Tour of Flanders. He’s an exceptional rider,' says former Tour de France winner.

Eddy Merckx was famous for his dominance, but in 1972 Roger de Vlaeminck, Frans Verbeek and Raymond Poulidor were often on the top of the podium.

Merckx believes that Pogačar could take Tour of Flanders victory on his first try.

Sport director Brian Holm insists that 'nothing is sure' for Belgian powerhouse about choosing Tour de France sprinter.

From issue 88 • Words by Paul Maunder with images from Horton Collection

Riders have come and gone, but Eddy Merckx remains the reference point in elite men's racing.

Museum on wheels will be offering exhibits on world championship history across the venues in Flanders.

Julio Jiménez was one of the best pure climbers in the golden age in the 1960s and his career overlapped with Bahamontes, Anquetil and Merckx.

Mark Cavendish's path towards the all-time Tour de France stage win record has read like a Hollywood script at times, but can he get his happy ever after on the Champs-Élysées?

Eddy Merckx opens up about "gentleman of exemplary politeness", Mark Cavendish.

Mark Cavendish has drawn alongside Eddy Merckx on the Tour de France's all-time stage wins list. So, who you got: Merckx or Cav?

Mark Cavendish is closing in on the all-time stage-win record of 34 — let's take a dive into his improving chance of equalling Merckx.

Mark Cavendish is shying away from discussing Eddy Merckx's record of 34 Tour de France stage wins as he creeps closer to the mark.

Tadej Pogačar matched Eddy Merckx in last year's Tour de France, can he do it again in 2021?

Alejandro Valverde will be racing to tie the Eddy Merckx record at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on his 41st birthday.

The 'Manxster' is creating buzz about a possible Tour de France bid to chase Eddy Merckx's all-time stage-win record. Deal or no deal?

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Pogačar is first rider since Merckx to win three jerseys in Paris.

Former teammate of Coppi, Bobet, and Anquetil turned sports director on leaving racing and went in pursuit of Merckx's signature.

The statistics suggest that Sagan is the most consistent Tour rider of all time, with the possible exception of the Cannibal, Eddy Merckx.

From Anquetil to Indurain, every rider who won four Tour titles went on to win a fifth.