List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx

List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx
	Merckx after he won the 1975 Amstel Gold Race in the world champion's rainbow jersey.
Major wins
	Road Grand Tours Tour de France General classification; (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) Points classification (1969, 1971, 1972) Mountains classification (1969, 1970) Combination classification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) 34 individual stages; (1969–1972, 1974, 1975) 6 TTT stages; (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977) Combativity award (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975) Giro d'Italia General classification; (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) Points classification (1968, 1973) Mountains classification (1968) Combination classification (1972, 1973) 24 individual stages; (1967–1970, 1972, 1973, 1974) 1 TTT stage (1973) Vuelta a España General classification (1973) Points classification (1973) Combination classification (1973) 6 individual stages (1973) 1 TTT stage (1973) Stage races Tour de Romandie (1968) Volta a Catalunya (1968) Paris–Nice (1969, 1970, 1971) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1971) Tour de Suisse (1974) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1967, 1971, 1974) National Road Race Championships; (1970) Milan–San Remo (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976) Paris–Roubaix (1968, 1970, 1973) Tour of Flanders (1969, 1975) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) Giro di Lombardia (1971, 1972) La Flèche Wallonne (1967, 1970, 1972) Gent–Wevelgem (1967, 1970, 1973) Omloop Het Volk (1971, 1973) Amstel Gold Race (1973, 1975) Other Super Prestige Pernod International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975) Hour Record (1972) Track European Championships Madison (1970, 1977) Omnium (1975) National Championships Madison (1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Men's track cycling
European Championships

Eddy Merckx is widely considered to be the greatest bicycle racer in history.^[1] His eleven Grand Tour victories are the most ever, and he also won a record of 28 classic cycle races, in addition to a prolific career as an amateur and on the track.^[2]

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Grand Tour	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Grand Tour general classification results
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	—	—	9	1	DNF	1	—	1	1	1	—	8	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	2	—	6	—
Major stage race general classification results
Major stage race	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Paris–Nice	—	4	10	DNF	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	—	DNF	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	NH	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
Tour of the Basque Country	Not held				—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de Romandie	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	3	7	—
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—	Not held		—	—	1	—	—	—	10	—	8	—
Volta a Catalunya	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de Suisse	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	12	—

Monument	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Milan–San Remo	—	1	1	31	1	8	1	1	—	—	1	1	98
Tour of Flanders	—	DNF	3	9	1	3	76	7	3	3	1	17	DNF
Paris–Roubaix	—	15	8	1	2	1	5	7	1	4	2	6	11
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	8	2	—	1	3	1	1	1	—	1	6	6
Giro di Lombardia	—	2	7	3	—	4	1	1	DSQ	2	6	—	—
Classic	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Amstel Gold Race	NH	—	16	—	3	8	—	—	1	—	1	—	9
Brabantse Pijl	—	—	—	8	—	—	2	1	—	—	18	2	—
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen	—	—	8	17	7	—	3	2	14	—	—	—	—
Gent–Wevelgem	—	9	1	9	—	1	14	3	1	2	6	10	—
La Flèche Wallonne	DNF	DNF	1	—	5	1	—	1	2	—	3	4	DSQ
Omloop Het Volk	—	3	—	—	12	7	1	3	1	6	6	15	5
Paris–Brussels	—	20	Not held						1	—	2	—	—
Paris–Tours	—	20	—	8	—	—	—	115	6	—	9	—	38

—	Did not compete
NH	Not Held
DNF	Did not finish
DSQ	Disqualified

	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Vuelta a España	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	1	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	—
Mountains classification	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—
Points classification	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	DNE	DNE	9	1	DSQ	1	DNE	1	1	1	DNE	8	DNE
Stages won	—	—	2	3	4	3	—	4	6	2	—	0	—
Mountains classification	—	—	3	1	DSQ	4	—	2	2	2	—	7	—
Points classification	—	—	2	1	DSQ	3	—	2	1	4	—	2	—
Tour de France	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNE	1	1	1	1	DNE	1	2	DNE	6
Stages won	—	—	—	—	6	8	4	6	—	8	2	—	0
Mountains classification	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	2	—	2	2	—	11
Points classification	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	—	2	2	—	5

1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did not enter
DNF-x	Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x	Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD-x	Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not ranked in this classification

List of career achievements by Eddy Merckx

Career achievements

Major results

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General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

Grand Tour record

Criterium

Track

Win rate

Records

Road

Track

World record

References

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Year	Races	Won	Percentage
1961	14	1	7,7%
1962	55	23	41,8%
1963	78	28	35,9%
1964	74	24	32,4%
1965	74	13	17,6%
1966	95	20	21,1%
1967	113	26	23,0%
1968	129	32	24,8%
1969	129	43	33,3%
1970	138	52	37,7%
1971	120	54	45,0%
1972	127	50	39,4%
1973	136	51	37,5%
1974	140	38	27,1%
1975	151	38	25,2%
1976	111	15	13,5%
1977	119	17	14,3%
1978	5	0	0,0%