Everything being equal, no sickness or crashes, there's nobody who can beat Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I was a more aggressive rider than Armstrong. I would attack more often. He waits for the other guys, then counter-attacks. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I don't know if Armstrong will find it hard to get into normal life. You can't really compare our cases. He is… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
You need talent as a rider and I think I had that in my genes. But I think I also had a talent for… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
Absolutely, in stage races, Froome is better than Eddy Merckx. Maybe he can win five, six Tours de France, but my focus wasn't only… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
I didn't win any bunch sprints. But I won in solo breakaways, I won time-trials, I won in the mountains. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
I'm not saying that every time I race I go to the very limit of my strength. But when the opportunity appears I consider… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
I can tell you I preferred my era. Yes, they make much more money now but I preferred my cycling. The passion for racing.… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
It's difficult for him, carrying the name. But Axel is doing what he likes to do, and for me, if Axel's happy, I'm also… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
Cycling is a good school for life. It makes you hard and gives you ambition, but you can never say you've arrived. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
The most important thing is that you're the best of your generation and I can say that I was. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
Sometimes it's strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I'm surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
I think I was three or four when I first rode and four when I first crashed. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
No sport is 100 per cent clean - I think 95 per cent of the cyclists are clean. In the normal world, not everybody is clean. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
