Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

Race details
Date	Late-August
Region	Brussels, Belgium
English name	Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
Local name(s)	Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (French)
Discipline	Road race
Type	Individual Time Trial Team Time Trial
History
First edition	1980 (1980)
Editions	25
Final edition	2004
First winner	Knut Knudsen
Most wins	Knut Knudsen Eric Vanderaerden Chris Boardman Abraham Olano Marc Wauters Erik Dekker (2 wins)
Final winner	Thomas Dekker Koen de Kort

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.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1980		Knut Knudsen (NOR)
1981		Knut Knudsen (NOR)
1982		Daniel Willems (BEL)
1983		Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
1984		Claude Criquielion (BEL)
1985		Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1986		Charly Mottet (FRA)
1987		Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1988		Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)
1989		Sean Yates (GBR)
1990		Frans Maassen (NED)
1991		Erik Breukink (NED)
1992		Jelle Nijdam (NED)
1993		Chris Boardman (GBR)
1994		Tony Rominger (SUI)
1995		Johan Museeuw (BEL)
1996		Chris Boardman (GBR)
1997		Abraham Olano (ESP)
1998		Abraham Olano (ESP) (victory shared with José Vicente García)
1998		José Vicente García (ESP) (victory shared with Abraham Olano)
1999		Marc Wauters (BEL) (victory shared with Erik Dekker)
1999		Erik Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Marc Wauters)
2000		Lance Armstrong (USA)
2000		Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
2001		Marc Wauters (BEL) (victory shared with Erik Dekker)
2001		Erik Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Marc Wauters)
2002		László Bodrogi (HUN) (victory shared with Fabian Cancellara)
2002		Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (victory shared with László Bodrogi)
2003		Michael Rich (GER) (victory shared with Uwe Peschel)
2003		Uwe Peschel (GER) (victory shared with Michael Rich)
2004		Thomas Dekker (NED) (victory shared with Koen de Kort)
2004		Koen de Kort (NED) (victory shared with Thomas Dekker)

• Lance Armstrong's shared victory with Viatcheslav Ekimov, was stripped in 2012 due to doping. So now there is only one winner of the 2000 race.