Behind Quote by Eddy Merckx Download Open image “When I won my first Tour, the second-placed rider was some 18 minutes behind.” — Eddy Merckx ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind First Minutes Rider Tour
The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was… — Inbee Park Copy Share Image
Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken… — Miguel Indurain Copy Share Image
My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting. — Taylor Dayne Copy Share Image
I have seen many lean riders in the peloton, but very few Tour winners — Jan Ullrich Copy Share Image
I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet. — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
Lance Armstrong won seven Tours, that's 147 days of racing, and he never had a puncture or a mechanical. You can really minimise your… — Mark Cavendish Copy Share Image
I had to put it on the line, but it was my Tour to win and mine to lose. — Cadel Evans Copy Share Image
Well, the first Australian tour I literally just took busking to the stage. — Tones and I Copy Share Image
My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was… — Tony McCoy Copy Share Image
There's been a time where I've actually given up my European Tour membership because playing two tours was too difficult. — Paul Casey 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I always had and I still have that special desire in me to be the best. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The most important thing is that you're the best of your generation and I can say that I was. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
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 Image
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