比利时自行车运动传奇人物——艾迪·默克斯
Eddy Merckx
竞技自行车史上最伟大的赛手
你知道比利时有一些20世纪最好的自行车运动员吗？尽管他们早已退役，但在今天，他们仍被认为是比利时人的传奇，甚至年轻的一代也听说过他们。
其中被称为“男爵”和“食人魔”，出生于1945年，拥有525次骄人胜绩的艾迪·莫克斯（Eddy Merckx）便是最传奇的自行车手。
Did you know Belgium had some of the best cyclists of the 20th century? Even nowadays they are still considered as legends among Belgians, and even the younger generations have heard of them even though they haven’t cycled for many years.
Among them is Eddy Merckx, also known as “The Baron” and “The Cannibal”, born in 1945, with an impressive track record of 525 victories.
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艾迪·莫克斯
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Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx
艾迪·莫克斯（Eddy Merckx），1945年6月17日生于比利时布鲁塞尔沃吕韦-圣皮埃尔，比利时前职业自行车选手。
他曾夺得三大环赛和五大古典赛的所有冠军，其中包括五届环法王，五届环意王。因其对比赛和冠军胜利的狂热嗜爱，被人们称作“食人魔”，同时他也被评为竞技自行车史上最伟大的车手之一。
在他退役后，于1980年3月28日根据他以往的比赛经验创立了自己同名的自行车品牌；此后Eddy Merckx便成为比利时高端公路自行车品牌的代名词。
Eddy Merckx (born June 17, 1945, in Vollvay-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian former professional cyclist.
He has won all three major Tours and all five major Classics, including five Tour de France kings and five Giro d'Italia wings. Known as "The Cannibal" for his love of racing and championship victories, he is also ranked as one of the greatest riders in the history of competitive cycling.
After he retired from racing, he founded his own eponymous bike brand on March 28, 1980, based on his racing experience; Eddy Merckx has since become synonymous with the Belgian premium road bike brand.
艾迪·莫克斯（Eddy Merckx）被认为是有史以来最伟大的自行车运动员，很少有人会对这种评价有所异议。
他顽强坚韧、不畏艰难，常常在异常艰苦的比赛中突破自己，同时他在比赛中的绝对统治力，因此他也被人们称为“食人魔”。与此同时，对于自行车运动，他可以说是几乎没有弱点；他是世界上最强的公路自行车计时赛以及爬坡选手，除了那屈指可数的几个对手之外，几乎没有人能够超越他。
Eddy Merckx is considered the greatest cyclist of all time, and few argue with that assessment.
He was so strong and rode hard so often that his nickname was "The Cannibal". He had no weaknesses – he was the strongest time trialist and climber in the world and could outsprint all but a few rivals.
相较于莫克斯所取得的一系列斐人成绩，更让人为之震撼的莫过于他在比赛中保持的记录，时至今日也没有几个人能够打破。
在他退役时，他已在环法自行车赛（5次）、环意自行车赛（5次）、世界公路自行车锦标赛（3次）、米兰-圣雷莫自行车赛（7次）、根特·韦维尔格姆公路自行车赛（3次）、瓦隆之箭古典赛（3次）和列日-巴斯通-列日古典赛（5次）等各大赛事中赢得了最多或与他人并列的冠军。
Although his list of major victories is impressive, it is almost more impressive when one considers the records he holds for victories in major races.
At his retirement he had won the most titles, or equal most, in the Tour de France (5), Giro d'Italia (5), World Championship road race (3), Milano-Sanremo (7), Gent-Wevelgem (3), La Flèche Wallonne (3), and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (5).
除此之外，莫克斯还是首位在同一年（1974年）赢得环法赛、环意赛和世锦赛三个冠军的人（此后只有斯蒂芬·罗奇一人获得）。
在1969年的环法赛上，莫克斯完成了至今无人能及的壮举，首次包揽黄衫（总冠军）、绿衫（积分冠军）和圆点衫（山地之王）3件荣誉衫，就算放在今天的职业队伍中都是难以匹敌的存在。
Merckx was the first man (and since equaled only by Stephen Roche) to win the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and World Professional Road Race in the same year (1974).
At the 1969 Tour de France, Merckx performed the still unequaled feat of winning the yellow jersey (overall winner), green jersey (points winner), and polka-dot jersey (King of the Mountains), something that could not even be imagined today in the professional peloton.
在他的职业生涯中，共获得11次大环赛冠军，其中他只参加过八次环法赛，有两次甚至是在他中年后才参加的（皆取得了冠军）。在1973年，由于莫克斯在环法赛中占据着绝对的统治力，环法赛举办者甚至禁止他参赛，原因就是他们认为他的实力破坏了环法赛的公平。
在莫克斯退役后，于1980年创建了自己同名的自行车品牌，至此，他所创立的自行车品牌便一直被职业自行车手所使用。
His 11 victories in the major tours is an all-time record and might have been greater. He rode the Tour de France only eight times, twice when past his prime, and in 1973, because he was so dominant, he was asked by Tour organizers not to race because they felt his dominance was ruining the Tour.
Eddy Merckx ended up creating his own brand of bikes in 1980. His bikes have been used by professional bikers all the time since then.
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