Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

Race details
Date	Late-August
Region	Brussels, Belgium
English name	Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
Local name(s)	Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (French)
Discipline	Road race
Type	Individual Time Trial Team Time Trial
History
First edition	1980
Editions	25
Final edition	2004
First winner	Knut Knudsen
Most wins	Knut Knudsen Eric Vanderaerden Chris Boardman Abraham Olano Marc Wauters Erik Dekker (2 wins)
Final winner	Thomas Dekker Koen de Kort

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx was a cycle race around Brussels, where Eddy Merckx was born. It was held between 1980 and 2004, disappearing after the creation of the UCI ProTour in 2005. The race was initially an individual time trial, becoming a Team time trial of two riders in 1998.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1980		Knudsen, KnutKnut Knudsen (NOR)
1981		Knudsen, KnutKnut Knudsen (NOR)
1982		Willems, DanielDaniel Willems (BEL)
1983		Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
1984		Criquielion, ClaudeClaude Criquielion (BEL)
1985		Vanderaerden, EricEric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1986		Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA)
1987		Vanderaerden, EricEric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1988		Hooydonck, Edwig VanEdwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)
1989		Yates, SeanSean Yates (GBR)
1990		Maassen, FransFrans Maassen (NED)
1991		Breukink, ErikErik Breukink (NED)
1992		Nijdam, JelleJelle Nijdam (NED)
1993		Boardman, ChrisChris Boardman (GBR)
1994		Rominger, TonyTony Rominger (SUI)
1995		Museeuw, JohanJohan Museeuw (BEL)
1996		Boardman, ChrisChris Boardman (GBR)
1997		Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano (ESP)
1998		Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano (ESP) (victory shared with Garcia, Jose VicenteJosé Vicente García)
1998		Garcia, Jose VicenteJosé Vicente García (ESP) (victory shared with Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano)
1999		Wauters, MarcMarc Wauters (BEL) (victory shared with Dekker, ErikErik Dekker)
1999		Dekker, ErikErik Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Wauters, MarcMarc Wauters)
2000		Armstrong, LanceLance Armstrong (USA)
2000		Ekimov, ViatcheslavViatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
2001		Wauters, MarcMarc Wauters (BEL) (victory shared with Dekker, ErikErik Dekker)
2001		Dekker, ErikErik Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Wauters, MarcMarc Wauters)
2002		Bodrogi, LaszloLászló Bodrogi (HUN) (victory shared with Cancellara, FabianFabian Cancellara)
2002		Cancellara, FabianFabian Cancellara (SUI) (victory shared with Bodrogi, LaszloLászló Bodrogi)
2003		Rich, MichaelMichael Rich (GER) (victory shared with Peschel, UweUwe Peschel)
2003		Peschel, UweUwe Peschel (GER) (victory shared with Rich, MichaelMichael Rich)
2004		Dekker, ThomasThomas Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Kort, Koen deKoen de Kort)
2004		Kort, Koen deKoen de Kort (NED) (victory shared with Dekker, ThomasThomas Dekker)

• Lance Armstrong's shared victory with Viatcheslav Ekimov, was stripped in 2012 due to doping. So now there is only one winner of the 2000 race.^[1]

References

1. "Lance Armstrong: Governing body strips American of Tour wins". BBC News. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.