EM as successor to 77, 103
EM, comparisons with 74, 91, 123, 125, 129, 142, 152, 187, 188, 191, 219, 222
exit from cycling 272, 289
experiments with diet, training and team structure 70
Faema and 71
France and 154
Giacotto and 62, 162
Giro d’Italia 53, 142
Giro/Tour de France double 142
Hour Record 195, 196, 198, 204, 208
Pezzi and 60
public adulation 187, 188
racing style 75, 95, 116, 219, 222
rivals 157
specialist 219
strictness in diet and lifestyle 152
style icon 7
team system, foundation of 236
Tour de France 29, 121, 129, 289
‘White Lady’ 11
winning margins 123
Courrier d’Escaut 16
crashes 1–4, 6, 57, 67, 136–40, 174–5, 181–3, 197, 266–7, 268, 269, 273, 280
Cribiori, Franco 225
criteriums 46, 47, 59, 69, 92, 93, 94, 133, 152, 160, 197, 211, 216, 218, 226, 227, 242, 251, 270, 276, 277, 278, 279, 284
Camors, 1977 273
de Caen, 1969 108
des As, 1967 69
des As, 1969 133–40, 148, 152, 153, 181, 285, 291
Temple Mills, London, 1977 273
Daemers, Oscar 43
Daems, Emile 40, 41, 48, 49–50
Daler, Jiří 133, 135, 136
Dancelli, Michele 34, 51–2, 73, 87, 128, 162
Dauphiné Libéré 160
1971 164
1972 189
1975 258, 259
1977 273, 276
Dazat, Olivier 177
De Hertogh, Daniel 39
De Meyer, Marc 91, 95, 255, 256
De Vlaeminck, Eric 94
De Vlaeminck, Roger 225, 272, 288, 289
contemporary of EM 23
EM’s concentration, on 212
Flemish identity 81, 91, 94, 95
Giro di Lombardia, 1971 179
long career 156–7
panache 258
Paris-Roubaix, 1970 140–1
rival of EM 23, 77, 91, 94, 95, 98, 119, 121, 127, 128, 156–7, 211, 255, 256
Tour de France 119, 166
Tour of Switzerland, 1975 258
world championship, 1964 253
De Vries, Julian 235–6
De Wolf, Fons 288
Deferre, Gaston 171–2
Defilippis, Nino 62–3, 217
Delisle, Raymond 57, 263
Denson, vin 60
Derksen, Jan 136
Desgrange, Henri 196
detail, cyclists obsession with 123, 125–6, 138, 151–2, 164, 224, 235, 255
Dierickx, Andre 91
diet 38, 70, 71, 152
directeur sportif 232–6 see also under individual name
doping 59, 101–11, 127, 129, 143, 153, 193–4, 206, 210, 218, 275, 291
Dousset, Daniel 47
Driessens, Lomme:
Faema, joins 89–90, 232
Molteni, joins 162
Molteni, removed from 183, 232
Tour de France, 1969 and 113, 114, 117, 118, 119
Tour de France, 1970 and 142, 143
Tour de France, 1971 and 233
world championships, 1977 and 277
Dumas, Pierre 2, 3, 122
Durante, Adriano 34, 51–2
Eastway circuit, Temple Mills, London 273
Eddy Merckx and His Rivals (Terbéen) 226
Eddy Merckx Homme et Cannibale (Van Welleghem) 216, 278
Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (film) 147
Eddy Merckx metro station, Brussels 79
Eddy Merckx, Grand Prix 288
Eddy Merckx, l’Irresistible Ascension d’un Jeune Champion (Thonon) 25
Eddy Merckx, La Roue de la Fortune (Godaert) 277
EMI 63
Enghien, Belgium 15–16, 32, 38
Esmeralda of Belgium, Princess 201
European Madison championship, 1978 282
Eyskens, Gaston 124
Face to Face with Eddy Merckx (Jeuniau) 230
Faema 217, 229, 292, 293
bodyguards for EM, appoints 118
budget 64
contracts with EM 65, 141
debut for, EM’s 36
dissolved 161–2
doctors 152
Driessens and 89
EM joins 62–4, 65–7, 70–1, 100
EM taps into knowledge of 70–1
EM’s heavy race programme and 278
Giacotto and 62–3, 100, 101
history of 63
Lelangue and 232
Michiels and 36
publicity campaigns 141
‘Red Guard’ and 47
Savona affair and 103, 105
team structure in 237, 240–1, 242
Tour de France and 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 231
Faemino 40, 142, 143, 146, 161
Fagor 160
fans, cycling 89–91, 261–2, 291
Farrar, Tyler 81
Ferretti, Giancarlo 237, 240
Fiat 272, 281
Fiat France 272
FICP 106, 107
Flanders/Flemish identity 80–91
Flanders, Championship of, 1966 57
Flanders, Tour of 80, 82, 85, 86, 96, 85, 287
1966 57
1967 60, 69
1968 72
1969 54, 86–91, 94, 100, 115
1970 140
1971 163
1972 183
1973 216
1975 54, 55, 254–5
EM as race director 287
museum 79–80
Flandria 67, 94, 140, 256, 276
Flandrian Classics 96 see also under individual race name
Flèche Wallonne 29, 225, 238
1965 49
1967 61–2
1970 141, 238
1971 163
1972 183–4
Foot, John 156
Foré, Noël 60
Four Days of Dunkirk, 1973 216
France, attitude towards EM within see Merckx, Eddy
France, Tour de 6, 40, 75, 76, 82, 85, 96, 236, 245, 286, 287
1952 29, 125
1958 133
1960 133
1964 121–2, 166
1965 77
1967 65, 66, 160, 249
1968 72
1969 8, 101, 103, 106, 110, 112–15, 117–24, 128, 141, 160–1, 165, 231, 240, 278
1970 125, 142–7, 149, 154, 161, 165, 224–6, 238
1971 125, 161, 165–77, 178, 208, 213, 262, 263
1972 180–1, 182–3, 189–93, 208
1973 125, 185, 193, 213, 216
1974 42, 125, 236, 247–50, 269
1975 1–4, 9, 137, 149, 193, 259–68, 286
1976 5, 98, 270
1977 5, 274–5
1978 228, 283–4
1985 248
1995 173, 290
1998 288
2004 290
France Soir 149
Frimatic-De Gribaldy 136
Fuente, José Manuel 156, 198, 248
anarchism 258
Giro d’Italia, 1972 55, 187, 188–9
Giro d’Italia, 1973 214–16
Giro d’Italia, 1974 245
inconsistency 223
KAS and see KAS
length of career 157, 160
mountain specialist 160, 180, 184, 185, 220, 221
personality 184, 186
riding style 184, 186
rival of EM 160, 165, 173, 175, 180, 184–5, 186–7, 188–9, 198, 214, 215–16, 220, 221, 223, 245, 246, 247, 248, 260
Tour de France, 1971 165–6, 173, 175
Tour de France, 1972 180
Galdós, Francisco 185, 188, 248, 265
Galera, Joaquim 119, 120
Gan-Mercier 1
Garin, Maurice 155
Gaul, Charly 63, 75, 129, 185
Ghent-Wevelgem:
1967 60
1970 140
1972 183
Giacotto, Vincenzo:
Carpano-Coppi team and 62, 66
death 143–4, 161
EM, relationship with 62–4, 70
Faema and 62–4, 66, 70, 88, 100, 101, 102, 104, 161, 162, 217
Savona affair and 101, 102, 104,
signs contract wit EM 62–4, 100, 217
Gimondi, Felice 112, 155, 187, 241
ascetic 152, 155
career length 156–7
childhood 67
doping and 103
EM’s health and 139
Giro d’Ítalia, 1968 73, 74
Giro d’Italia, 1969 101, 103, 105
Giro d’Italia, 1972 215
Giro del Piemonte, 1972 198
Giro di Lombardia, 1966 57, 58
Milan–San Remo, 1967 60
Milan–San Remo, 1971 162
Paris–Brussels, 1966 57
Paris–Luxembourg, 1969 128, 129
place in hierarchy of Italian cycling 157
pop songs about defeats by EM 162
racing style 76–7, 258
rival of EM 45, 60–1, 62
Savona and 105–6
Tour of Catalonia, 1968 76
Tour de France, 1969 120, 121, 122
Tour de France, 1970 142
Tour de France, 1972 191, 192
Tour de France, 1975 260, 263, 264
Tour of Flanders, 1967 60–1
Tour of Flanders, 1969 87
world championship, 1964 44, 45, 77
world championship, 1971 178–9
world championship, 1973 216, 217
Girardengo, Costante 215
Giro d’Italia 6, 40, 52, 77, 97, 155, 220, 235, 278, 288
1962 103
1963 103
1966 103
1967 64–5, 90, 96, 103, 127–8, 241–2
1968 72–5, 103, 152
1969 100–11, 119, 127, 243
1970 141–2, 224
1971 163, 164, 197
1972 55–6, 182, 184, 186–9, 208
1973 214–16
1976 5, 269–70
1977 109
Giro del Piemonte 158–9
1972 197–8
Giro dell’Emilia, 1972 198
Giro di Lombardi 40, 77, 277
1966 57–8, 68
1967 69
1971 179, 180
1972 198, 208
1973 218
1991 290
Godaert, Joel 44, 274, 275, 277, 282–3
Goddet, Jacques:
Anquetil and 122
French feeling about EM summed up by 154
L’Equipe and 142, 144, 154
‘Merckxissimo’ story 114
on need for EM to show signs of weakness 156
Tour de France, 1963 and 122
Tour de France, 1969 and 113, 114, 116–17, 129
Tour de France, 1970 and 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 154, 156, 165
Tour de France, 1971 and 165, 167, 168, 174, 178
Tour de France, 1972 and 180, 190
Tour de France, 1975 and 259
Godefroot, Walter 23
Belgian team 44, 45
EM elevating the status of cycling in Belgium, on 97
Flandrian style 94
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 61, 62
Paris–Roubaix, 1969 94
Paris–Roubaix, 1970 140–1
Peugeot 66, 67
as rival of EM 77, 91, 127, 156, 157, 158, 110, 256, 288
Tour of Flanders, 1968 72
Gotha 124, 228
Graczyk, Jean ‘Popov’ 133
Grand Prix d’Aix en Provence, 1977 273
Grand Prix de Wallonie 282
Grand Prix des Nations 160, 179
1973 218
Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 288
Grand Prix Pino Cerami, 1966 57
Great Bike Race, The (Nicholson) 5, 81, 82, 159, 228, 237–8, 259, 268, 270
Grosskort, Charles 57
Guerra, Learco 63
Guimard, Cyrille 156, 157, 171, 175–6, 190, 192, 193, 237
Haacht kermis race, 1962 33
Haut Vat, Tour du, 1978 282
Het Niewsblad 88
Het Rijke Vlaamse Wielerleven (The Realm of Flemish Cycling Life) 80
Het Volk Classic 228, 282
1971 162–3
1973 213
1974 244
1975 254
1978 282
Hinault, Bernard:
criterium, Brittany, 1977 273
dismissive arrogance concerning past career 10, 286
EM, compared with 6, 210, 219, 222, 223, 290, 291
Hour Record, does not attempt 208
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 1980 290
racing style 6, 116, 237, 291
retirement 272
Tour de France 75, 180, 192, 219, 249
Tour de France, 1978 284
Tour de France, 1985 248
world title, 1980 44
Hoban, Barry 210, 211
Hoover 168
Hour Record:
1967 69
1972 6, 9, 195–209, 267, 278, 286
Hoy, Sir Chris 8
Huysmans, Jos 48–9, 168, 170, 214, 230, 244
hypoglycaemia (‘the bonk’) 114, 116, 265
Ickx, Jacky 108, 151, 244, 286, 287
identity, linguistic and cultural 81–6
Il Corriere della Sera 105
Indurain, Miguel 6, 75, 149, 180, 192, 206, 207, 219, 222, 223, 237, 249, 272, 289, 290
injuries, EM’s 1–4, 5, 43, 125, 136–40, 174–5, 181–3, 189, 197, 249, 250, 269, 279, 285, 286
International Cycling Union 107
Italian Federation 106
Italy, Tour of 6, 40, 52, 77, 97, 155, 220, 235, 278, 288
1962 103
1963 103
1966 103
1967 64–5, 90, 96, 103, 127–8, 241–2
1968 72–5, 103, 152
1969 100–11, 119, 127, 243
1970 141–2, 224
1971 163, 164, 197
1972 55–6, 182, 184, 186–9, 208
1973 214–16
1976 5, 269–70
1977 109
Jacobs, René 124, 201
Janssen, Jan 63, 68, 121, 124, 134, 147
Janssens, Ward 262
Jeuniau, Marc 83, 109, 148–9, 151, 204, 230, 279, 280
Jiménez, Julio 185, 221
Kapitonov, Viktor 30
KAS 180, 184, 185–6, 188, 215, 245, 248
Keen, Peter 202–3, 206, 207
Kelly, Sean 49, 81, 222, 223, 272, 276, 290
kermis circuits 15–16, 17, 33, 49, 50, 108, 210, 211, 242, 276, 278, 279, 282
Knecht, Hans 68
Koblet, Hugo 63, 95, 121, 170–1, 262
Kübler, Ferdi 183
Kuiper, Hennie 275
l’Avenir, Tour de 42
l’Equipe 44–5, 95, 120, 124, 142, 144, 154, 156, 167, 169, 264, 274
La Course en Tête (film) 7, 271
la course en tête (racing style) 219–23, 238, 243, 290
La Fabuleuse Histoire du Tour de France (Chany) 165, 226, 264
Laeken, Belgium 16, 28, 31, 32, 36
Lagueglia Trophy 277
Lang, Serge 221
Lasa, Miguel María 185
Lausanne, A Travers:
1971 179
1972 198
1973 193, 218
Lazcano, Santiago 151, 185, 198
Le Parisien Libré 142
Leblanc, Jean-Marie 290–1
Leducq, André 248
Legnano 162
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