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

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