Axel Merckx

Axel Merckx
Personal information
Full nameAxel Merckx
Born (1972-08-08) 8 August 1972 (age 52)
Uccle, Belgium
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current teamHagens Berman Jayco
DisciplineRoad
Role
  • Rider (retired)
  • General manager
  • Team manager
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
1993Motorola (stagiaire)
1994Team Telekom
1995–1996Motorola
1997–1998Team Polti
1999–2000Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2005Lotto–Domo
2006Phonak
2007T-Mobile Team
Managerial teams
2009–Trek–Livestrong[1]
2011Team 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
Bronze medal – third place 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.

  1. ^ "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ État présent de la noblesse belge, 4th series, 2003 /2014
  3. ^ "Hagens Berman Axeon". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.