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Full name | Axel Merckx | ||||||||||||||
Born | Uccle, Belgium | 8 August 1972||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
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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
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Medal record
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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.