Eddy Merckx - The Greatest Cycling Champion of all Time

A short clip of the Great Eddy Merckx, the winningest cyclist in history.
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From Wikipedia :
The only cyclist to have won the yellow, green and red polka-dotted jersey in the same Tour de France (1969)
the yellow jersey is awarded to the overal leader, green jersry is awarded to best overall sprinter, and polka-dot jersey is awarded to best over all climber.

Most career victories by a professional cyclist : 525
Most stage victories in the Tour de France : 34.
Most days with the yellow jersey in the Tour de France : 96.

Eddy Merckx is five-time champion of the two most important races in professional cycling, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia and one of only four cyclists to have won all three of the Grand Tours

He is one of only two men to have won the Triple Crown of Cycling (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and the World Cycling Championship) in the same year.

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