Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx was a cycle race around Brussels, where Eddy Merckx was born. It was held between 1980 and 2004, disappearing after the creation of the UCI ProTour in 2005. The race was initially an individual time trial, becoming a Team time trial of two riders in 1998. It usually had a duration of 60-70 km, with the 2003 being the shortest at 26 km because of a nearby fire.

Grand Prix/Grote Prijs Eddy Merckx

Poster to the 1993 edition
Race details
Date	Late-August
Region	Brussels, Belgium
English name	Grand Prize Eddy Merckx
Local name(s)	Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (in French), Grote Prijs Eddy Merckx (in Dutch)
Discipline	Road race
Type	Individual Time Trial Team Time Trial
History
First edition	1980 (1980)
Editions	25
Final edition	2004
First winner	Knut Knudsen
Most wins	Knut Knudsen Eric Vanderaerden Chris Boardman Abraham Olano Marc Wauters Erik Dekker (2 wins)
Final winner	Thomas Dekker Koen de Kort

With the introduction of the UCI ProTour in 2005, there were plans to merge the race with Paris–Brussels. This merger was eventually never completed, by which the race disappeared from the calendar.^[1]

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1980	Norway	Knut Knudsen
1981	Norway	Knut Knudsen
1982	Belgium	Daniel Willems
1983	Belgium	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
1984	Belgium	Claude Criquielion
1985	Belgium	Eric Vanderaerden
1986	France	Charly Mottet
1987	Belgium	Eric Vanderaerden
1988	Belgium	Edwig Van Hooydonck
1989	Great Britain	Sean Yates
1990	Netherlands	Frans Maassen
1991	Netherlands	Erik Breukink
1992	Netherlands	Jelle Nijdam
1993	Great Britain	Chris Boardman
1994	Switzerland	Tony Rominger
1995	Belgium	Johan Museeuw
1996	Great Britain	Chris Boardman
1997	Spain	Abraham Olano
1998	Spain	Abraham Olano (victory shared with José Vicente García)
1998	Spain	José Vicente García (victory shared with Abraham Olano)
1999	Belgium	Marc Wauters (victory shared with Erik Dekker)
1999	Netherlands	Erik Dekker (victory shared with Marc Wauters)
2000	United States	Lance Armstrong
2000	Russia	Viatcheslav Ekimov
2001	Belgium	Marc Wauters (victory shared with Erik Dekker)
2001	Netherlands	Erik Dekker (victory shared with Marc Wauters)
2002	Hungary	László Bodrogi (victory shared with Fabian Cancellara)
2002	Switzerland	Fabian Cancellara (victory shared with László Bodrogi)
2003	Germany	Michael Rich (victory shared with Uwe Peschel)
2003	Germany	Uwe Peschel (victory shared with Michael Rich)
2004	Netherlands	Thomas Dekker (victory shared with Koen de Kort)
2004	Netherlands	Koen de Kort (victory shared with Thomas Dekker)