Q 01/05

By what nickname is Eddy Merckx best known?

A) The Eagle

B) The Badger

C) The Professor

D) The Cannibal

Answer · why

D) The Cannibal

The Cannibal. The name stuck because he left rivals nothing: he said he couldn't look at himself in the mirror if he ever started a race without meani...

Q 02/05

Which British world champion led the French team Merckx joined in 1966?

A) Tom Simpson

B) Barry Hoban

C) Brian Robinson

D) Reg Harris

Answer · why

A) Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson. He beat his young teammate to the 1967 Paris-Nice title, and when he died later that year Merckx travelled to England for the funeral.

Q 03/05

Whose five Tour wins did Merckx equal in 1974?

A) Jacques Anquetil

B) Louison Bobet

C) Fausto Coppi

D) Gino Bartali

Answer · why

A) Jacques Anquetil

Jacques Anquetil. The Frenchman was first to five, in 1964; Merckx matched him a decade later but never won a sixth, finishing second in 1975 and sixt...

Q 04/05

Which Slovenian matched Merckx's 1974 Triple Crown fifty years later?

A) Tadej Pogacar

B) Primoz Roglic

C) Matej Mohoric

D) Jan Tratnik

Answer · why

A) Tadej Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar. He sealed it in Zurich with an attack 100 km from the finish; only Ireland's Stephen Roche, in 1987, had matched Merckx in the fifty ye...

Q 05/05

Faema, which sponsored Merckx's team from 1968 to 1970, is an Italian maker of what?

A) Espresso machines

B) Sewing machines

C) Typewriters

D) Motor scooters

Answer · why

A) Espresso machines

Espresso machines. The Milan firm first backed a cycling team in 1955, left the sport in the early 1960s, and came back in 1968 with a squad led by th...