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Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

{{short description|Belgian cycling race}}

{{Infobox cycling race

| name = Grand Prix/Grote Prijs Eddy Merckx

| current_event =

| image =Grand Prix Eddy Merckx-1993 poster.jpg

| date = Late-August

| region = Brussels, Belgium

| english = Grand Prize Eddy Merckx

| localnames = Grand Prix Eddy Merckx {{in lang|fr}}, Grote Prijs Eddy Merckx {{in lang|nl}}

| nickname =

| discipline = Road race

| competition =

| type = Individual Time Trial
Team Time Trial

| organiser =

| director =

| first = {{start date|1980}}

| number = 25

| last = 2004

| firstwinner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Knudsen

| mostwins = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Knudsen
{{flagicon|BEL}} Eric Vanderaerden
{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Boardman
{{flagicon|ESP}} Abraham Olano
{{flagicon|BEL}} Marc Wauters
{{flagicon|NED}} Erik Dekker
(2 wins)

| mostrecent = {{flagicon|NED}} Thomas Dekker
{{flagicon|NED}} Koen de Kort

|image_caption=Poster to the 1993 edition}}

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. It usually had a duration of 60-70 km, with the 2003 being the shortest at 26 km because of a nearby fire.

With the introduction of the UCI ProTour in 2005, there were plans to merge the race with Paris–Brussels. This merger was eventually never completed, by which the race disappeared from the calendar.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2005 |title=Huidige vorm Grote Prijs Eddy Merckx verdwijnt |url=https://www.bruzz.be/sport/huidige-vorm-grote-prijs-eddy-merckx-verdwijnt-2005-01-13 |website=bruzz.be |language=nl}}

Winners

{{Cycling past winner start}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|name={{sortname|Knut|Knudsen}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|name={{sortname|Knut|Knudsen}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|name={{sortname|Daniel|Willems}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|name={{sortname|Jean-Luc|Vandenbroucke}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|name={{sortname|Claude|Criquielion}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|name={{sortname|Eric|Vanderaerden}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|name={{sortname|Charly|Mottet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name={{sortname|Eric|Vanderaerden}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Edwig Van|Hooydonck}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|Sean|Yates}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Frans|Maassen}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{sortname|Erik|Breukink}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Jelle|Nijdam}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name={{sortname|Chris|Boardman}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Tony|Rominger}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name={{sortname|Johan|Museeuw}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|Chris|Boardman}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name={{sortname|Abraham|Olano}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=1998|name={{sortname|Abraham|Olano}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|José Vicente|García||Garcia, Jose Vicente}}|nat2=ESP|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=1999|name={{sortname|Marc|Wauters}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Erik|Dekker}}|nat2=NED|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Lance|Armstrong}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Viatcheslav|Ekimov}}|nat2=RUS|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Viatcheslav|Ekimov}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Lance|Armstrong}}|nat2=USA|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=2001|name={{sortname|Marc|Wauters}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Erik|Dekker}}|nat2=NED|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=2002|name={{sortname|László|Bodrogi||Bodrogi, Laszlo}}|nat=HUN|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Fabian|Cancellara}}|nat2=SUI|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=2003|name={{sortname|Michael|Rich|Michael Rich (cyclist)}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Uwe|Peschel}}|nat2=GER|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider2|year=2004|name={{sortname|Thomas|Dekker|Thomas Dekker (cyclist)}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|name2={{sortname|Koen de|Kort}}|nat2=NED|natvar2=|team2=}}

{{Cycling past winner end}}

References

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Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1981

Category:1981 establishments in Belgium

Category:Defunct cycling races in Belgium

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004

Category:Sports competitions in Brussels

Category:2004 disestablishments in Belgium

Category:Eddy Merckx

Category:Men's road bicycle races

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