Rider Quotes by Eddy Merckx

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

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

I didn't win any bunch sprints. But I won in solo breakaways, I won time-trials, I won in the mountains.

— Eddy Merckx

I always had and I still have that special desire in me to be the best.

— Eddy Merckx

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

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

I sleep very well, thank you.

— Eddy Merckx

Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human.

— Eddy Merckx

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

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

The most important thing is that you're the best of your generation and I can say that I was.

— Eddy Merckx

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

I think I was three or four when I first rode and four when I first crashed.

— Eddy Merckx

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

Miracles can sometimes happen in cycling.

— Eddy Merckx