The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion and earns the right t
Alfredo Binda, posing with his third World Championship jersey in 1932
Eddy Merckx celebrating his first professional World Championship in 1967, after winning it as amateur in 1964
Maurizio Fondriest (left) as World Champion at the 1989 Giro d'Italia
Paolo Bettini in the rainbow jersey at the 2008 Tour of California
Eddy Merckx
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Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequ
Eddy Merckx in 1971
Merckx finished in twelfth position in the men's road race at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships
At the 1967 Giro d'Italia Merckx won his first Grand Tour stages on the way to finishing ninth overall
The Velodrome Eddy Merckx at Mourenx was named in honor of Merckx in 1999 due to his efforts during the seventeenth stage at the 1969 Tour de France