Mark Cavendish won stage 13 of this year’s Tour de France to equal Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins. Merckx’s record of 34 had stood since 1975, when he claimed his last two stage wins on his ...

The greatest Belgian cyclist of all times - if not the greatest cyclist in the world - is celebrating his 65th birthday today. Eddy Merckx, also know as 'the Cannibal', can look back on a rich ...

Forget Lance Armstrong and his tidy seven victories in the Tour de France. Between 1961 and 1978, Eddy "the Cannibal" Merckx won 525 races, including five Tours de France, four Giros d'Italia and ...

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