(1972-08-08) 8 August 1972 (age 51) Uccle, Belgium
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight
77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team
Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider (retired)
General manager
Team manager
Rider type
All-rounder
Professional teams
1993
Motorola (stagiaire)
1994
Team Telekom
1995–1996
Motorola
1997–1998
Team Polti
1999–2000
Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002
Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2005
Lotto–Domo
2006
Phonak
2007
T-Mobile Team
Managerial teams
2009–
Trek–Livestrong[1]
2011
Team RadioShack
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2000)
Stage races
Tour de l'Ain (2003)
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2000)
GP de Wallonie (2001)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Road Race
Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx[2] (born 8 August 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is team director of UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.[3]
In his professional career (1993–2007), he won the Belgian national road race championship in 2000 and a bronze medal in the road race at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
^"UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^État présent de la noblesse belge, 4th series, 2003 /2014
^"Hagens Berman Axeon". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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Clijsters and Justine Henin 2002 Marc Wilmots 2003 Stefan Everts 2004 AxelMerckx 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut 2007 Belgian Women's...
Clijsters and Justine Henin 2002 Marc Wilmots 2003 Stefan Everts 2004 AxelMerckx 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut 2007 Belgian Women's...
them the Super League Penticton Triathlon, the Valley First Granfondo AxelMerckx Okanagan, the Okanagan Wine Festival, the Okanagan Children's Festival...
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