Eddy Merckx

[@carloscolomavarela7133]

No ha habido ni habrá un ciclista como Eddy Merckx.Un mito y una leyenda eterna.

[@hayduk911]

The best sportsman in history... by far

[@misanthropickat6167]

Eddy is amazing but it's also hard to beat Wayne Gretzky

[@ronwhite8503]

@@misanthropickat6167 and yet he still does.

[@jimihendrix731]

100%

[@jdevries5606]

Maybe after Ma Long.

[@HkFinn83]

@@misanthropickat6167 ice hockey?! Gtfoh

[@DOBERSTAFFIE]

Superb compilation and music thank you! still gives me goosebumps watching Merckx after 40 years :)

[@angelonicoletti2058]

Thanks to this video, my passion for cycling has returned After many years. I've bought a 70's bike like these ones. Of course

[@cycling4life85]

He really was the greatest cyclist to ever live.

[@Bryan__X__]

Is*

[@adamtady9288]

Pantani? 😥

[@death2pc]

@@adamtady9288 Not even close.............. Oprah!

[@chrisbach1533]

Adam sorry no. Which are the 4 most important skills of a road cyclist. Climbing, Time Trial, Sprint, Rouleur. On a scale from 0-10, Marco had a 10 in climbing, but in Time Trial he was 5 or so, in Sprint and Rouleur the same. Merckx was a 9 in climbing, 10 in Time Trial, 9 in sprint and 10 in Rouleur, he doesnt even have a 8.

[@jupphainkas3070]

​@@chrisbach1533 Yes

[@anibaljesusdelgadillo2091]

Before I ride, I always play this video.

[@jl8628]

Me too

[@mhuten]

and while trying to reach his speed you die from heart attack in 230 bpm :DDDDDD

[@jl8628]

@@mhuten My race days are long over so that won't be happening :)

[@mhuten]

@@jl8628 so np mann. Man look at my profile that what happened to mmy bike :D

[@tool5150]

Perhaps the greatest sportsman ever!

[@WildPhotoShooter]

For physical effort and talent Merckx was probably the greatest sportsman. It just a shame that cycling was not as popular with the general public in the UK and USA and worldwide in the 60s and 70s as it is now. Imagine a dominant Eddy Merckx now with todays cycling popularity winning everything , he would be a worldwide sensation !!!

[@jamesmeisel4723]

What do you mean "perhaps"(:

[@farouk5101]

Nah there's Clay bro...

[@WildPhotoShooter]

@@farouk5101 Naaa ! Clay/ Ali was his own best advert, but he was far too political .....He would have been on the BLM campaign if he was alive and healthy. Remember when he shouted down Michael Parkinson on his talk show? Parkinson insisted he personally wasn't racist, bit Ali said he was because "you wouldn't want me ( meaning a black man ) to marry your daughter" . Ali was vicious in that interview.

[@user-vt4hd8hb4v]

​@@farouk5101that loudmouth doll isn't anywhere close

[@gregp8220]

The man the myth the legend. Can you imagine what he could do on a bike with today’s technology? He would destroy everything just like he did in his day. The greatest ever.

[@death2pc]

Get a life. Get a clue. You and yours and your sickening, beyond pathetic "today's technology" bullshit........ It IS!

[@richardburkholder7955]

Nothing else to say. Won virtually every type of race there is, from the spring classics to the Grand Tours, many of them multiple times. Contrast that with this era, where riders arrange their training regimen to "peak" for a specific point (or even a specific race) in the season. We will never see another like him.

[@jen3800]

yup. todays riders are pussies compared to him. if i recall correctly he would train with weights on his back whilst riding hundreds of km a day. just a beast. i bow before him.

[@DominikBamz]

@@jen3800 No you are wrong. Today the overall level of the peloton is just much higher compared to those times, todays riders are beasts, not pussys.

[@death2pc]

@@DominikBamz That's a laugh!!! Your supposed "beasts" of this new age bearded, limp-wristed hipster spin-o-rama "cyclist" era riding their Made In China plastic bikes ARE pathetic pussies.They are NOTHING compared to the TITANS of the past.

[@sexluthor500]

There's Pogačar now

[@Sooperhans3636]

Wow, what an original song to choose.

[@MrScottieC]

This is the greatest thing on the internet, ever.

[@dram57]

He is regarded as the greatest road cyclist. No enhancing drugs, no fancy bikes. Just pure talent and a will to beat everyone.

[@ohhi5237]

coffee and belgium chocolate

[@onesixfive]

i have been watching this video for years. i dont know if you are an editing genius or just really lucky, there are so many perfect moments that sync with the music. i get emotional when i watch this, i dont know why, and i dont care for almost any other person. when i watch this i am proud to be a cyclist, i am proud that it defines me. i have never entered a race and i am obviously not 1/100th of Merckx but when i am riding at full bore and sweating, i am in my own mind.

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

Im with you 100% this video and its perfectly placed music evokes real emotions

[@davidjanson9900]

my hero as a boy my hero as a man

[@ronwhite8503]

We'd never seen his like before and we'll never see his like again. The greatest cyclist of all time...... and always will be.

[@torrevandezande1711]

Idk a lot about cycling but is he the cruyff of cycling?

[@martijnheil8825]

@@torrevandezande1711 this man is a legend. Nicknamed 'the cannibal'. Absolutely dominated the races he took part in. In his best year he won 47% of the races he participated in. If you'd spread out all his victories over 6 years, he'd win a race every single week for those entire 6 years. Regarded by many, the best racing cyclist the world has ever seen.

[@russeller71]

Also God had a sense of humour....he made him a Belgian to piss of the French.

[@albertattla3601]

😆

[@pstrychf212]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Konquistadoren]

This music is so fitting, and the originality is incredible. Not only have you shown your appreciation for the best cyclist of the 20th century, you have also demonstrated a musical insight rarely seen on the tube.

[@rexjamerson9316]

Even though I am an American, and have love this sport since the age of 13 and have done Road roadracing, touring and did the kilo on the Encino velodrome, I will easily admit that Eddy merckx is the greatest road racing cyclist of all time, and there is no close second! I remember working at a Pro Bike Shop in the early 70s in the LA area and I believe it was during one of the world championships, that another top rated road racer said something like this.. " Eddie passed me like he was on a motorbike". I suppose you could say that he is the only good cannibal that ever lived LOL. And, if that's not enough, what a great head of hair!

[@djcjacquin6486]

Merck is the GOAT. No one will ever come close to what he's achieved as a professional rider. In the '69 TdF, he won the general, points, mountains, and combination classifications, and the award for most aggressive rider.

[@GrandMerc89]

I like how the guys 40 or 50 years ago had bigger gears and less of them. Just hammering away. On steel frames, too. It's true that bicycle technology has come a long way and it's much lighter and more advanced. But the old way is the picture in my head when I think of "cycling". I've done all my riding on a steel framed Raleigh or a Schwinn with a tall fixed gear. I don't feel as confident with aluminum wheels and chainrings on public roads in remote places and thre terrain where I live is dead flat. I imagine these old timers racing Le Tour on France's beat up postwar roads back in the early days carrying tubes on their shoulders. They were definitely strong riders and really dedicated to their sport. They rode their way up to better equipment through many hard miles by winning on what they had. Kind of like auto racing in the 50s and 60s. It had that raw, frontier feel to it.

[@nznegativeions]

U sound like an old man.

[@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp]

Jack Cooper they ruined the geometry of the frame...when you mess with the angles of a racing bike,like they have done today, you make the bike unstable, a moron would know that!!!

[@death2pc]

And here's the disturbing part........... Numerous fastest start to finish times for single day classics and certain stage routes from the '50's, 60's, 70's and 80's STILL stand........

[@i.g.s4745]

This is the King, the best ever, not armstrong or indurain

[@MrJeepsters]

+Iñaki Sarda Il faisait toutes les courses (classiques et tours)

[@MrJeepsters]

+Iñaki Sarda Il faisait toutes les courses (classiques et tours)

[@DolleHengst]

Armstrong would get destroyed by Lemond, the best US cyclist ever

[@angelgutierrez-kg5du]

I think so

[@ianstevenson1324]

DolleHengst u r high. Lemond was good but not as good as Armstrong. Armstrong will be one of the best riders to ever ride in the pro peloton

[@Coming2fast]

This is my favourite cyclingvideo on youtube! Coming back to watch this for years now:)

[@markdavies2662]

Quite possibly the greatest ever athlete.

[@dogsnoses]

Love the old style cycling cap. I used to wear one when I was a rider.

[@myroseaccount]

Everyone knows this man was and still is the greatest cyclist ever! There will never be another Merckx

[@NiePopijajW0dki]

Tadej Pogacar

[@MonsieurDeParis1778]

@@NiePopijajW0dki Pogacar can’t get Green Jersey,but Merckx got it

[@renelacoste8832]

Lance Armstrong 🤣🤣🤣

[@kilkeper100]

Eddy is the best , amazing winner and wonderful human being.

[@seneca175]

A very nice tribute to the greatest cyclest ever. ;-)

[@brianp1494]

Il cannibale, senza dubbio il più grande di tutti i tempi.

[@ruicalado1859]

King of kings,the best ciclist of all times,the most complete,fantastic in all terrains like it should be.

[@jucasilveira5537]

Esse atleta e uma inspiração de força, objetividade, e persistência. O cará. O melhor de todos o Pelé da bicicleta.

[@jen3800]

the truest rider of all time is Mssr. Eddy Merckx. Nobody can touch his style and fortitude. a true hero. a King.

[@thecat9660]

Eddy Merckx, the greatest sportsman ever 🖤💛❤️ I'm proud to be belgian and to have such a great man.

[@srfh2]

Belgium- The land of Eddy, best chocolate and beautiful women.

[@shpetimkollcinaku6592]

Leggenda Edi Triunfos in Quegli anni c`eri in tutte il Gare Ciclistiche indimenticabile per noi che negli anni 1976 1988 Abbiamo vissuto piu grandi Passioni..☆☆☆☆☆,☆☆..

[@josechavez4415]

Eddy Merckx, el caníbal, el mejor ciclistas de todos los tiempos, el Hombre al que nadie nunca podrá igualar.

[@nashorie]

For those who dont know this man was such a bad ass he would be in yellow not under pressure and with 150Km remaining with a mountain finish, and this beast of a man would ride out in front and attack everyone all the way to the end when he won a tour you knew for sure that this man was the best no question

[@tronable]

I love how he would run bottles and food for his team while wearing yellow too. You would never dream of seeing that today. He was so dominant there is no comparison.

[@nznegativeions]

Drugs and different time.

[@ohhi5237]

@@nznegativeions lies and slander

[@magisterialanubis06]

​@@ohhi5237you are delusional if you think he wasn't using drugs

[@TheRebuilt1]

11 speed my arse, dude had 6 speed suntour and was killing folks. Ride your bike ladies and quit worrying about latest greatest toys. Chapeau Merckx!!

[@badmotherfucker7008]

TheRebuilt1 I may not have 11 gears, but you should have wide range of them. 50/34 and 11-32 at least for climbing

[@death2pc]

Not Suntour........... Regina.

[@hamsun57]

the man mikes the fight, not his equipment

[@bluefishblitz9577]

I'm guessing it's a 5-speed Regina ORO in the mid-1970's but I get your point.

[@SprayIgniteBoom]

TheRebuilt1 Fuckin A right mah MAN! Carbon bikes don’t make u fast. Powerful legs and iron will make u fast!

[@marcdelente2456]

Majestueu roi des rois du cyclisme monsieur eddy merckc . Sans égale regardé ces images il est grandiose . Je suis toujours fou du grand eddy merckx qui n'a jamais été égale et ne le sera jamai . Ce qui est formidable ces que nôtre légendaire champion est bien et en forme et peu voir de son vivant qu'il est toujours le plus grand champion et que sont palmares n'est et ne sera jamai égalé. Que dieu protège le roi eddy merckx.

[@cleitonsilvasilva9108]

O melhor de todos os tempos ❤

[@onesixfive]

absolutely excellent. by the end of the video i noticed my fists were clenching super tight. the race up the mountains with snow on the ground, and fat guys in suits running along side them and keeping up because it is so steep is intense. i bike everyday and i wouldnt last 10' up that hill! thanks for this video!

[@Steve197201]

This guy was old school. No fancy tech. Just raw pedaling power!

[@gm-gn3fk]

He used the most high-tech stuff of that era...

[@death2pc]

@@gm-gn3fk But, but.... None of it was "aero". None of it was plastic (carbon). None of it was Made In China. No disc brakes. No electronic shifting. No radio in his ears. Only ONE bike, not four or five different "bikes". Shall I go on............?

[@marcdelente2456]

Un ptit commentaire pour mon idole eddy le magnifique le prodigieux le roi des rois sans égale ces images le montre dans son gigantesque envie de vaincre demain après demain et pour l éternité . Eddy ça fait longtemps que votre légende est sans égale et vous pouvez le voir . Que dieu protège le plus grand champion de tout les temps . Eddy le roi des rois.

[@germancaro7041]

No importa la época el es y seguirá siendo el mejor.

[@81enri]

Eddy Merckx was the best of all times, Fausto Coppi was the greatest of all times

[@rufelo5]

exelente video y exelente musica dedicado a EDDY MERCKX,SIMPLEMENTE,EL MEJOR Y MAS GANADOR DEPORTISTA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS

[@gitarische]

The Cannibal !!! A living legend !!!

[@federicoyapura2186]

Excelente video. Me saco el sombrero por este hombre Y una gran inspiración para todos que nos gusta este gran deporte. Y gracias por el que publicó este video 👏👏👏

[@scanthat]

The combination of sound and video here is excellent. Hurrah for Eddy Merckx, God of cycling!

[@rufelo5]

exelente musica para este video,a la altura del mejor y mas ganador deportista de todos los tiempos,el legendario EDDY MERCKX

[@S2Sturges]

Absolute monster on the bike, relentless.... Iron will to succeed and unshakeable, never will his kind ever again..

[@TungstenKid]

Merckx was like an animal on the bike, nobody could live with him

[@WELLBRAN]

the best 7mins on youtube...one of th best video clips

[@jurajaryn5510]

Eddy Merckx, nejlepší cyklista všech dob

[@adrianpilich9938]

Eddy Merckx was the greatest ! .

[@juanjfigueredo2888]

Nunca ha habido ni habra un ciclista como el. El mejor deportista de la historia.

[@maxbelfort3456]

Show não canso de assistir,é motivador demais Nunca mais ninguém ganha tanto como ele O maior de todos os tempos

[@giancarlocimatti1894]

Un grandissimo. Il migliore di tutti i tempi. Assieme a Coppi.

[@WildPhotoShooter]

The greatest bike rider there will ever be.

[@STR8TraceR]

one word : legend !

[@malinwa4ever315]

The greatest of all time I place him together with Muhammed Ali

[@WildPhotoShooter]

Merckx was better than Muhammad Ali . Ali was good but he was his own best advert, arrogant in his younger days, too political, mellowed as he got older. Eddy was always a role model and still is.

[@frankiebogdan4228]

@@WildPhotoShooter Nothing wrong with Ali being political, people with a platform should use it

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

Sports people with a platform preach to the choir!

[@miliaxte]

Muchas gracias por éste buen video.Indiscutiblemente no habrá nunca uno cómo él.

[@NoideTona]

Excelente video!!! EL GRAN CAMPEONÍSIMO EDDY!! the BEST!!! El mejor de todos los tiempos a su rueda (5:02) el gran Vicente López-Carril (RIP)

[@atiboyful]

He was called the "Cannibal" for a reason!

[@caskinfg]

One of the finest athletes that ever lived.

[@mobydoug]

The hardest of the hard men. There never was, and never will be, a man who matches his record. I feel sorry for whoever had to try to keep up with him. I wonder what drugs they were using back then....

[@jameskarolchyk301]

inspiration beyond measure,a true destroyer of the competition. The best!!!!

[@thomas9098]

this is the best man ever !! im from belgium and eddy merckx 2 he is the biggest man in belgium !!

[@philippemaurice7288]

Eddy Merckx est de la race des seigneurs. Magnifique athlètes.

[@lamalamarosa841]

Mercx o melhor de sempre.

[@farouk6564]

The greatest!

[@humidor3]

Without a doubt The Greatest

[@veg]

What a legend!

[@arthur.vdv1425]

he is a true legend they called him the canibale because he literally ate up the men on the races

[@familycuesta2762]

Eddy Merckx, the most efficient human machine ever

[@WELLBRAN]

Brilliant video clip of a great sportsman, one of the few good video clips on youtube.

[@russeller71]

Unquestionably the greatest rider of all time,I doubt we will ever see another rider of his calibre ever again.

[@death2pc]

You never will. This also applies to an Anquetil, a Hinault, a number of other Titans of years past. Today it's ALL so plastic.

[@vanderbilt4918]

The greatest there ever was.

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Let's dedicate this EPIC moments those who need to become cycling lovers from now on, because only pure passion is what makes life worth living fans

[@deividciclismo1481]

El Caníbal. El mejor deportista de toda la historia.

[@taisgdl]

Híjole, amor los deportes, amor el ciclismo en particular, pero debo diferir un poco de ti, creo que haría una aclaración en tu comentario sin restar mérito al grande Merckx. Vamos por partes, CUALQUIERA de los que estamos aquí podemos andar en bicicleta, pero sólo un par podrían competir profesionalmente, Eddy era un extraterrestre en cuestión física, él pudo haber destrozado un 400 mts, un 200 metros en natación. Mi punto es: Eddy fue un fenómeno como ser humano (físicamente, (y como persona también) (acabo de agregar 2 paréntesis dentro de un paréntesis)) Un atleta creo que debe incluir la destreza de un Michael Jordan, Messi, Gretzky, Ali, etc Pero definitivamente Eddy debe estar entre los 3 hombres mejor dotados para desempeñar un deporte.

[@macaristumacaristu9922]

Yo creo ke si a sido el mejor y con diferencia, ke yo sepa nadie a dominado un deporte (duro) con tanta autoridad y respeto sobre los rivales como si lo hizo merckx, y dominando en todas facetas de el ciclismo, montaña, sprint, cronos, grandes vueltas, vueltas de una semana, carreras de un dia, record de la hora, clasica en todo tipo de terrenos (carretera, paved de belgica etc), lo dicho creo ke nadie a tenido un dominio tan absoluto durante tanto tiempo ademas del respeto y poca fe ke generaba en si mismos como lo hacia meckx, era imbatible, salvo para ocaña y aun asi......., Ocaña le compitio de tu a tu y duro 3-4 años y despues tubo un descenso aceleradisimo mientras ke otros duraron 10 años mas, esto es merito de ocaña

[@carloscolomavarela2302]

Sin ninguna duda,fue un monstruo del ciclismo,yo lo recuerdo de niño y no oía otra cosa en la tele,que Eddy Merckx.No me atrevo a calificarlo como el mejor deportista de la historia,pero sin ninguna duda,si como el mejor ciclista de todos los tiempos y si alguien lo duda,ahí está su palmarés.

[@goujardvincent5883]

Le meilleur de sa discipline aucun équivalent dans un autre sport hormis Roger Federer. La GRANDE classe. Inclassable ce type...le talent, le mental, la gagne il avait tout👍💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@Anonymous-ux3tu]

The hardest worker at the most physically demanding sport hands down.

[@russeller71]

How do you know that? Riders like Merckx come around perhaps once every 50 years I think he would dominate in any era he was simply phenomenal and quite likely the greatest rider there has ever been.

[@fahrmanngermany7213]

Epic Video,many thanks for producing and upload!

[@dykim90]

no epo, no steroids, no hgf, nothing synthetic, pure eddy merckx

[@kamilo3296]

Genial video plasma el esplendor del mejor ciclista de la historia.

[@uwe8411]

einer der wichtigsten Männer im Radsport......danke!

[@carlostorres670]

Holaaaaaa El más grande de los corredores y con más victorias todo una leyenda del ciclismo internacional Saludos

[@ivayloyorkishev2920]

Nonhuman! Iron will, strength, endurance! RUNNER! High class cycling of the last century, is unattainable today!

[@oldgrampaw]

I loved this video. Great job!!!

[@aleexisyo]

The song belongs to the movie "Requiem for a Dream". Look for the the bso of the movie, I don't name the exact name. Here the greatest cyclist ever. Only once in all story. Neither before nor after him other one with his force. Come on Eddy!!!

[@pstrychf212]

this was the best 7 min i ever spent!!!!!!

[@Xmoser]

He won the general classification (yellow jersey), points classification (green jersey) and the mountains classification. No other rider has achieved this triple in the Tour de France, and only Tony Rominger and Laurent Jalabert have matched it in any grand tour[n 4] Merckx also won the combination classification and the combativity award. Merckx led the race from stage six to twenty-two --Wikipedia. Who the greatest of all time is obvious, isn't it?

[@erichhudson2090]

Awesome! Awesome!!! Those were the days, he is the king! All these weirdos now with all there gear, flashing lights on in the middle of the day. This is a man!

[@MrLerghin]

No nickname fit anyone any better than his. Terrific viewing and music! Thanks!

[@TheShoeBadou]

EXCELLENT Video, dude! Very good.

[@brabantstraat]

It's all excerpted from a documentary film called ""La Course en Tete" (the race at the front, 1974). The scenes of Eddy wearing the pink Jersey are from the 1972 Tour of Italy. He's riding either an Italian-made Colnago or a Belgian-made Kessels bike, it's hard to tell which one in this video. Eddy Merckx was the greatest bicycle racer in history, no doubt about it.

[@alirioandresrico4594]

El mejor ciclista de todos los tiempos grande Edy merk

[@mikecinquen]

Don't mess with THE CANIBAL

[@readikus]

This is an excellent video - very inspiring :) We all want to ride like The Cannibal :)

[@ivayloyorkishev2920]

НЕЧОВЕК! ЖЕЛЯЗНА ВОЛЯ, СИЛА, ИЗДРЪЖЛИВОСТ! БЕГАЧ! Високата класа в колоезденето на миналия век, е недостижима и до днес!

[@Metalmiltia]

Greatest bike rider ever!

[@newmember1983]

Wow, what a great video. Perfect with the music