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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Eddy Merckx, Victor Horta, Suzanne Lilar, James Ensor, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Toots Thielemans, Marnix Gijsen, Gerard Walschap, Egide Charles Gustave Wappers, Peter Piot, Cyriel Buysse, Charles Jean de la Vallee-Poussin, Albert Michotte, Jose van Dam, Maria Rosseels, Benoit de Bonvoisin, Karel Poma, Andre Delvaux, Gaston Roelants, Etienne Constantin de Gerlache, Auguste, Baron Lambermont, Albert Lilar, Francis, Baron Dhanis, Maurice Gilliams, Gerard Mortier, Ajit Shetty, Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer, Barthelemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Guy Quaden, Paul De Keersmaeker, Goswin de Stassart, Stijn Coninx, Albert Frere, Jules d'Anethan, Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Louis Berckmans, Emile Braun, Pierre Paulus, Jules de Saint-Genois, Jan August Hendrik Leys, Jules de Trooz, Andre Vlerick, Paul de Meester. Excerpt: Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 17 June 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Velo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time. He won the Tour de France five times, won all the monuments of cycling at least twice, with 19 monument victories in all, won the Giro d'Italia five times and the Vuelta a Espana once, won the world championship once as an amateur and three times as a professional, and broke the world hour record. Eddy Merckx was one of three children born to a couple who ran a grocery in the middle-class area of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, near Brussels, Belgium. His brother and sister are twins. The family moved to the suburb when he was young. He said: He acquired his first racing bike, second-hand, when he was eight. His hero was Stan Ockers, who died in a fall...
