Edouard Louis Joseph Baron Merckx, 67 today.
THE greatest cyclist of all time and one of the coolest dude’s on the planet!
He was and will always remain, The Boss!!!
Major Wins
- Tour de France
- General Classification (1969, 1970,1971, 1972, 1974)
- Points Classification (1969, 1971, 1972)
- Mountain Classification (1969, 1970)
- Combativity award (1969, 1970, 1974,1975)
- Combination Classification (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)
- 34 Individual Stages (1969–1975)
- Giro d’Italia
- General Classification (1968, 1970,1972, 1973, 1974)
- Points Classification (1968, 1973)
- Mountain Classification (1968)
- 24 Individual Stages (1968–1974)
- Vuelta a España
- General Classification (1973)
- Points Classification (1973)
- Combination Classification (1973)
- 6 Individual Stages
- Paris–Nice
- General classification (1969, 1970, 1971)
- Tour de Suisse
- General classification (1974)
- Road Race World Championships (1967, 1971, 1974)
- Belgian National Road Race Championship(1970)
- Milan – San Remo (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976)
- Ronde van Vlaanderen (1969, 1975)
- Paris–Roubaix (1968, 1970, 1973)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
- Giro di Lombardia (1971, 1972)
- Super Prestige Pernod International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
LEGEND!!!
And Sven Nys, 36 today.
Considered as one of the greatest cyclo-cross racers ever by his peers and prominent figures of the cyclo-cross world; he is the leading man in cyclo-cross in the 21st century.
Known as ‘The General’ or ‘The Cannibal from Baal’ he is indeed, a beast!!!
Major wins
- Overall standings
- (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- 46 individual races
- Overall standings
- (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
- 55 individual races
- Overall standings
- (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010, 2011)
- 42 individual races
- (2005)
- (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
National Mountainbike Champion
- (2005)
Happy birthday gentlemen!!!
