My father trained in the Mexico Olympic velodrome as a teenager and he saw Eddy Merckx break the record on that day of the video. I showed him the video and he almost cried because that was his life and he even told me "one of those people in the stands is me" (in spanish). Amazing Eddy Merckx a superhuman

Whos here after ollies hour record

@swat_clipper

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah 😂😂😂

@aristolaksono5502

4 жыл бұрын

Ahaha that's ironic

@cyclingschannel

4 жыл бұрын

Ollie is just ridiculous clown comparing himself to eddy merckx, with ollie's components and ollie's bike eddy merckx in close velodrome can go at 58/60 kmh avg speed,with bike and components of eddy merckx in open velodrome ollie can go about 33/35 kmh avg speed or less,ridiculous clown 👎👎🤭,who believe that ollie's performance is comparable to Eddie Merckx's performance is very stupid,Ollie is pushing about half power of Eddy or less because super aerodynamic components, bike and close velodrome, the difference between ollie and eddy merckx is comparable to the difference between the greatest champion of all the time and my GRANDPA 90 years old with electric engine

@aaronhauptmann869

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyclingschannel wow you missed the point. Ollie's point was to see if the Merckx record was attainable for an average rider with all the technological advancements of today. Neither he or anyone else is claiming that he is anywhere near the athlete that Merckx was.

@cyclingschannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronhauptmann869 look the videos! Ollie claim that Want beat eddy merckx ! Ollie says he wants to beat Eddy Merckx as a legendary feat , but Ollie uses about half the power of Eddy Merckx! Ollie never talk about his big advantages, but ollie uses about half power of eddy merckx!Many stupid people don't understand about Ollie's advantages,so they believe that is great performance to be near to eddy merckx!The truth is that ollie with eddy merckx bike in open velodrome and with eddy merckx dress can go about 35 kmh avg speed!!

on a steel track bike, at altitude, on drop bars, not a skin suit in sight!!! Amazing truly a great

@janhendrikluitjens1425

9 жыл бұрын

Simon Huss The venue was chosen to aid him, not the other way round. An outstanding effort nontheless :)

@VanderlyndenJengold

9 жыл бұрын

Jan Hendrik Luitjens Maybe Simon was referring to the thin air Merckx would be breathing?

@janhendrikluitjens1425

9 жыл бұрын

He was, but if I recall correctly, they believed at the time that the thin air would benefit his drag coefficient even more than the power lost through the lower oxygen concentration. Merckx prepared himself over weeks with oxygen deprivation training, I think.

@death2pc

7 жыл бұрын

No, over five days, at best. That's all. The most salient point................. A FULL season underneath him (look up his '72 year accomplishments) and it was not Mexico (City) that was preferred, instead Milan (Vigorelli) but the track was washed out, so an essential but still factored Mexico City became Plan B at the last minute. It too got washed out at least one if not two days. Merckx went out an did what he did. No extensive months of exclusive training solely on track. No, just a capper albeit planned at the end of the '72 FULL season. The rest is history...........................

@christopher6603

7 жыл бұрын

Simon Huss incredible man,the greatest without doubt

No matter of what people say Eddie was the greatest.

@tonyfranklin8306

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, greatest doping cheat of his era.

@dancar9521

4 жыл бұрын

Merckx had the greatest doctors and the greatest drugs of the times

@death2pc

3 жыл бұрын

Here we go again....... Open the door for all the new age pimple popping jerk offs who can't even ride a bike more than 100 feet before passing out.

@johnrivas2593

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@topfell8277

2 жыл бұрын

Eddie is still the greatest

I doubt there will ever be another cyclist as great as Merckx. Nowadays, everyone is a specialist, but Merckx rode - and won - the classics, the grand tours, world championships, the track, six day events, kermesses, and he often won with ease using a combination of power and intelligence. He was unbeatable on his day and there will never be another Merckx. He was the best and always will be.

@tonyfranklin8306

5 жыл бұрын

Often won with drugs in his body, a perennial dope cheat, even in an era of limited testing he was caught and DQ'd from three big races, he's no better than Armstrong.

@jameshaney171

5 жыл бұрын

You may very well be correct.

@sega62s

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyfranklin8306 he would have crushed the competition of today, with proper equipment, and drugs was always in that scene, c’mon

@jaycahow4667

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyfranklin8306 The first instance is highly debatable due to the circumstances involved (he was tested 8 times prior which were all fine), the second was for something in prescribed cough medicine which did not show on the label. The third was very late in his career and he admitted to it after being caught.

@stsstz2586

Жыл бұрын

That is valid for most professional bike riders during the last 50 years.

The greatest Master of Cycling in all Times Forever...

I read an article about this in Bicycling Mag in the 80's. In it Merckx said " About halfway into the ride the reporters yelled to me -asking how I was feeling - I yelled back "I'm dead " -"but not for a second did I think about giving up".

I have an Eddy Merckx bike in orange that I bought in 1972 in Belgium!

@TheCultureCombo

3 ай бұрын

I'm SO jealous!!!

Imagine what Merckx would’ve done if he had today’s aero technology and today’s bikes

@teodorburete5501

Жыл бұрын

No need to imagine, just watch Pogacar

@TellusJD

11 ай бұрын

No need to imagine, Hour record has a category of only using the same classical bike as merckx and it has only been improved on by about about 300 meters. Which means he was on par with the best of today, Chris boardman first beat it by 10 meters then Ondrej sosenka with 300 meters. It is not as competitive category as the modern hour record though. Mercks would land somewhere around 54k with todays equipment, around the same as Bradley wiggins. Today Fillipo ganna has done 56 k. All I know is the watts hasnt changed much on every record but the equipment has. I dont have data on the watts from Fillipos record, but eddy merkcx is around 420-430 watts on average. Which is in line with almost all the records.

Some things can never be beaten.....True man, Steel bike, determination.

Eddy just pushed bigger gears relentlessly - brute force. Much respect.

no-one else in the history of the sport has won so often at so many different disciplines over such a long period, from the 6-day's to the grand tours, truly the GOAT

Merckx is a god, this is proof! He completed the hour record in 4:43!!!!

If Eddy had all modern equipment in his prime, the record would still be his.

@death2pc

2 жыл бұрын

True. Very true.

@RaineriHakkarainen

3 ай бұрын

Not True! Eddy Merckx his hour record 49441 meters! If Merckx was a 10000 meter runner in 1972 the result 27:38! Lasse Viren run 10000 meters world record 27:38 in 1972! Today world record 10000 meters is 26:22! Jacques Anquetil ride poor weak hour record 46159 meters in 1957! Long distance runners were better! Kuts run 13:35 5000 meters world record in 1957! Kuts was close 46800 meter shape! Doping cyclist Franseco Moser build better bike than others and rode weak poor hour record 51151 meters! If Moser was a 10000 meter runner then result 27:45 world record was 27:08! Doping pro cyclists are not the Best. And. Toughest! Crazy lunatic cycling broadcasters claiming wrongly that pro cyclists are the toughest! Ganna would ride Same bike as Merckx 52-53km per hour 2024!

@marianbossman

3 ай бұрын

​@@RaineriHakkarainen I haven't read such nonsense in a long time

@RaineriHakkarainen

3 ай бұрын

@@marianbossman It is only Probaganda that pro cyclists are the toughest! No science data proof backs this false lie western Europe probaganda! Get rid Off Paris olympics because Doping Tour de France and biggest lie false probaganda Human history!!

el mejor, ciclista de todos los tiempos,'nadie lo ha podido superar, un ciclista'completo.

@Dr.Steelman

3 жыл бұрын

Mi mayor inspiración.....

je m'en souviens comme si c'était hier ! j'avais 12 ans, quelle complicité avec mon père... émouvant.. quoique certains en disent c'était un exploit !

Uma lenda. Um recorde para ser festejado por gerações . Sai das pistas entrou para história . Os meus comprimentos. Brasil ...22/04/2019

He was still on a bike except when he was climbing mountains, a lot of Eddys strength came from his back and he climbed with pure strength not like smooth mountain specialists Fuente or Van Impe. After the bad derny crash on the track where he permanently injured his back and his derny pacer was killed he always said it badly affected his climbing ability for the rest of his career. Phew ! what would he have been like without the injury?

Sometimes, i am really surprised about the critics and the people trying to diminish accomplishments from different people (not just eddie). For my part, when I see what eddie merckx accomplished in his racing days, i am still humbled and take it as a great inspiration; eddie, i am glad and happy that people like you existed and inspire everybody.

Pas besoin d'épiloguer pendant cent deux ans. Eddy fut, est et demeurera toujours le plus grand de tous les temps. C'est absolument indiscutable. Il dépasse tous les autres de plusieurs têtes. Il y eut aussi quelques grands champions, Coppi, Bartali, Koblet, Bobet, Anquetil, Van Looy, Poulidor, Gimondi, Ocaña, Hinault, j'en passe et quelques-uns, pour ne parler que de l'après-guerre. Pas Armstrong. Une fois pour toutes, à la poubelle Armstrong. Eddy est incomparable, inouï, extraordinaire.

He did this in 1972, a time when few Americans understood bike racing. Sportscasters focused on the bread and butter of American sports - baseball, football, basketball. I don't remember one mention of Merckx's incredible achievement back then. Sports Illustrated did do a write-up on him in an early 70s issue. But for most Americans, Eddy Merckx was a foreign name in a foreign sport.

@justinexplainseverything1554

3 күн бұрын

What's even more impressive is the fact that Merckx retired from Cycling in May of 1978 (46 years ago) and he still owns pretty much all the major records in professional Cycling today lol. None of his really big and important records have been matched or broken as of today. A list down below of some of his current records. 1. Most races won in a career- 525 2. Most races won in a single season- 54 in 1971 3. Most Grand Tours won in a career- 11 4. Most Grand Tours won consecutively in a row- 4 between 1972 and 1973 5. Most Grand Tour career stage wins- 64 6. Most days wearing the Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France for a career- 96 And there are too many other records that are still active that Merckx holds lol.

This is perhaps the most painful feat of endurance ever

@nonamedpleb

3 жыл бұрын

Well, theres the 24 hour record.

A dislike?... REALLY?! Who in their right mind dislikes this? This is freaking history!

everybody talking about the technology on those days, but what is more impressive is that he did int on Mexico city's altitude

@elimik31

8 жыл бұрын

+Alfredo Gayou Less air means also less drag, which is a significant advantage.

@alexsington

5 жыл бұрын

@John Mexico city's track is recognized as one of the fastest in the world. If you want to set an hour record, that's where you go

@GB-fo2ce

4 жыл бұрын

@John @John, you are the fool here

@LS1conehead

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsington Maybe the indoor one, but not this Olympic outdoor one (nowadays at least, unless you are speaking to way back then when Eddy set this record??).

Merckx a true king 👑 on the bike,who needs technology when u got legs of unbreakable STEEL ..💪💪

Lucky me, Eddy signed a postcard for me at a bike show ... nice footage, thx.

LE PLUS GRAND DE TOUS LES TEMPS!! IMCOMPARABLE !!!

Es un gusto ver el video de un gran corredor de todos los tiempos, pero sobre todo en lo personal ver a mi padre dar el disparo de salida y de la hora. Un gran comisario internacional mexicano.

He was a big unit on a bike compared to most today. Those legs!

Merckx, the kinda guy to set a KOM at the hour record

Eddy heeft zich hier naar 't schijnt zó gegeven, dat z'n carrière eigenlijk eindigde "avant la lettre".. Geweldig, wat een atleet!!

Simply amazing

The greatest in his sport.

The legend! The one and only!

Yes, he was on a “road bike”, but Eddy was f*cking AERO. Very few humans could maintain that position for an hour AND ride at FTP. that was amazing to watch. I would love to see his CdA measured on that rig

@matzitiD

3 жыл бұрын

they calculated that his ftp was around 450 watt

@MorganBrown

3 жыл бұрын

@@matzitiD At 76 kg weight, that would be almost 6 W/kg. Yup....

@arklat It was an Colnago bike and weight about 5.75kg. He drove a 52x14 transmission. The seatpost an the bar was holed, for weightreduction.

@nielskjr5432

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it was Eddy who started this crazy fashion. Drilling holes in seatposts, handlebars, brakes, cranksets and I don't know where. Quite dangerous!

@LS1conehead

2 жыл бұрын

Since 'aero' was not yet invented, I guess he thought much gain could be made (at the start, or for major speed changes ONLY!) by going as light as possible.

Sublime !

Eddy a mes yeux tu est et resteras le meilleur 😜

Quel champion ce gd Eddy Merckx@en ce qui me concerne je le considère comme le plus gd champion du 20ème siècle toutes disciplines confondues devant le gd Mohamed Ali et le nageur américain Mark spitz sans oublier le gd Jesse Owen@Merckx =détermination/endurance/courage/humilité/simplicité @en un mot le CHAMPION PAR EXCELLENCE @

Il ne faut pas oublier que Merckx avait couru sa meilleure saison cette année la, en effet, en 72 il a remporté le tour de France, le tour d'Italie, Milan - San Remo, Liège - Bastogne - Liège, la flèche wallonne et le tour de Lombardie, sans compter 7 étapes du Tour, 4 étapes du Giro et le trophée Baracchi ( avec Swerts comme équipier ) !!!!!! C'est vraiment hallucinant qu'à la fin d'une saison aussi fabuleuse, il batte le record de l'heure. Si il avait vraiment pris le temps de le préparer, il aurait explosé la barre des 50 kms. Eddy Merckx, sans conteste le plus grand 🙂

Um belo registro.

er ist und bleibt der Größte, einfach unerreicht, danke Eddy. Gruß Andi

G.O.A.T

The guy was a beast. Imagine what he could do on a modern bike.

@death2pc

5 жыл бұрын

And your beyond ignorant new age ridiculous point is....? Dummkopf.

@death2pc

3 жыл бұрын

No different. It's the rider NEVER the %$#@!* bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@citizenhal

Жыл бұрын

@@death2pc Perhaps you don't understand how weight works. On a lighter more rigid bike he would be able to sustain the same pace for longer. That's literally the laws of physics.

@elonif4125

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@citizenhalWeight doesn’t really matter that much on the flat. What matters is aerodynamics in which Merckx probably put as much thought as every random amateur today does. That’s the reason Gannas hour record is 7 km/h faster

Le plus grand de tous les temps et tous sports confondus de par ses performances , sa volonté et son fair-play . Il voulait tout gagner mais jamais humilier , il respectait ses adversaires ...Vive le Cannibal ! (et pourtant je ne suis pas belge)

La leyenda viviente del ciclismo mundial, dudo que se repita algo igual.

Hij was en blijft de beste allertijden

Merckx had beautiful form extremely still on the bike

@peterh1353

5 жыл бұрын

He wasn't the smoothest or cleanest rider. There is often a bit of rocking, but not pronounced.

Not human. Amazing.

Most amazing cyclist ever! I have always used Colnago and Campy.

The Legend...

EDDIE MERX 😁A ONE OFF !!!! GREATEST CYCLE ROADMAN OF ALL TIME !!!g

Merckx didn't need to prove anything to anyone at that time.

@WithBACON

5 жыл бұрын

This did, however, certainly add to his "portfolio" of accomplishments...

@LS1conehead

2 жыл бұрын

@@WithBACON And MANY MANY so called 'champions' and 'greats' who came after him were way way too terrified to even attempt this record, and therefore NEVER did, so YEAH!

GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE OTTIMO EDDY

Eddy Merckx and many others alike are inspirations for me while biking and biking fast. It is that moment on a really hot/cold/regular temp day where your legs and lungs feel like giving in to the pain of the many miles of riding, only to remember the physical toll riders like Eddy Merckx felt, therefore giving you/me that extra bit of mental energy to push past the brick wall of pain.

@Sooperhans3636

9 жыл бұрын

I'm right there with you. He's my biggest inspiration. When the going gets tough I just remind myself to do it like Eddie.

1:26 Cologne for the ladies!

S’il y a un sport ou le GOAT ne soulève aucun débat c’est bien le cyclisme. Je suis un grand fan de Miguel Induraïn mais Eddy Merx n’a aucun rival dans la grande Histoire du vélo. Au dessus de la mêlée, le mec. Il fait l’unanimité!

Cycling was like fine wine back then.

This record is still the real hour record on a real bike ...

@stevehuffman7453

Жыл бұрын

very true. Aero bikes have broken the record. HOWEVER those bikes are in their own category, and their time/distance do NOT compete or relate with those set on non-aero steel bikes, any more than an F-1 car competes in the same class as a standard production car, in the 24 hours of LeMans race.

the greatest colour for a classic track/road bike molteni orange

Die tijd rijd ik ook nog wel.

So, Ferdinand Bracke's hour record was in Rome I think. I wonder if Merckx and Ritter would have beaten it on a similar lowland velodrome. Bracke was such an elegant TT rider.

Le plus le Grand Eddy!!!

Una leyenda

If he had modern day bike, wear probably would go 53 or more

@DGRWPF

9 жыл бұрын

Raitis Grandovskis yeap, modern carbon bike with disc wheels or 3 spokes, time trial handlebars, skin suit, short indoor velodrome with controlled temperature. probably more than 53. who knows?

@mathieub933

9 жыл бұрын

+DGRWPF Ich würde sagen , dass Eddy Merckx 100km geschafft hätte:)

@cyclingschannel

4 жыл бұрын

58/60 kmh avg speed

@RaitisGrandovskis

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyclingschannel daubt it

@death2pc

3 жыл бұрын

Apples to oranges......................... So what?

who is watching in 2021

EDDY THE BEST

whats really cool about this is he's wobbling a bit. look, he's not holding his line as still as most pros do today. still far better than most could ever dream of, but his leg speed makes up for added distance. what a monster.

Con muy poca o nada de tecnología , acabo Con récord de una forma bastante fácil , tremendo !!!!

@dangernba -the helmet is advisable -because- as extreme fatigue sets in - disorientation can occur -leading to a fall.

Daaaaaamn Eddie, back at it with the whitewall gums

Gran documento histórico!

incredible human.

El mas grande d todos los tiempos

The greatest 👍

wow his legs are MASSIVE but its to be expected. One of the all time greatest in the sport.

EL MAS GRANDE DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS SE TENIA QUE DECIR ,Y SE DIJO !

Là oui j'ai eu du plaisir !!

The Beast.

Por considencias del destino llego una bike de eddy Merckx A mis manos original professional estiker de Mexico 1985

Eddy Mercks the best!

estos eran hombres no chingaderas ¡¡ puro fierroli ¡¡¡¡¡ cletas q duran una vida ¡¡

THE BEST EVER.

in the top 8..

Le roi eddy merckx dans toute ça splendeur et il fait valser le record sur piste de l époque. Eddy le roi des rois pour son palmarès jamai égalé et ne le sera jamai 525 victoires sans les victoires sur piste eddy merckx le grand ne s en souvient plus il ne dormait pas sur ces lauriers et l entraînement a bloc comme en compétition. Eddy merckx est toujours parmi nous pour voir qsai pas dmain laveil qui soit égalé.

Awesome , Eddy was the best , his performance in mexico was broken after 28 years. Notice that the bike is simple , he play indoor

@death2pc

5 жыл бұрын

Indoors. BIG (disqualifying) difference for me.

i would love to see a Sir Wiggins riding this bike on this track, i think the difference wouldn´t be that big as everyone expected

DUDE WAS SOLID BUT SOLIDALY DOPED ALSO !!!

Moser, the man that would "beat" Eddy's Hour Record, NEVER beat Eddy in a time trail. Not once. No one since Eddy, could in an equal race could better Eddy's record. The Hour stands as Eddy set it.

And not a aero plastic bike in site, or daft shaped helmet. Just a man on a bike. There aren't words.

Hes one of greatest athletes of our times He the Michael Jordan of bikes 🚲 racing 🏎 road and tack racing 🏎

Ce record a tenu longtemps. Bernard Hinault l'aurait peut être battu mais, il n'était pas intéressé.

Is there a full video of his hour record attempt? This should have been filmed in it's entirety.

is this a clip from a longer doc?

@richardbalete5337

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, from the cycling documentary "La Course En Tete"

How does low resting heart rate equate to high VO2max ?

@grinderkenny I agree, Chris Boardman rode on this Merckx bike that he broke the record, he did the hour ride & only rode 10metres more! Boardman was Olympic track champion, & rider of the fastest prologue in history 55km/h in 1994. This just proves how great Merckx was! ps there was a documentary in UK with Chris constructing a replica of Eddies bike, then doing the record! It might be on youtube!

@LS1conehead

2 жыл бұрын

But Chris still used a skinsuit, and an aero helmet, for whatever watt savings those are worth. ;)

@dan32113

2 жыл бұрын

@@LS1conehead thanks for making my Point

現代のTTで当然に使われる、DHバーも、エアロフレームも、ディスクホイールも、スキンスーツも、 エアロヘルメットも、何もかも無い状態でのこの記録。 現在では記録更新されているが、機材や装備を考えると、この時の記録は永久不滅の価値があると思う。

mums the word.

Vámos Eddy ! ya lo tienes ! jajaja

@brt570 there is a documentary you can watch on youtube with Chris Boardman doing exactly that, trying to break Merckx"s record on a steel bike similar to the one Eddy rode. The interesting thing is that although Boardman was a pursuit specialist he only beat the record by a few metres. Showing how great Eddys record was. I think Mosers record is not a patch on Merckx, neither is Obree"s or Boardmans etc! Because they used better "hardwear" than the great man..