Axel Merckx

Axel Merckx
Personal information
Full name	Axel Merckx
Born	8 August 1972 (age 52); Uccle, Belgium
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); General manager; Team manager;
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1993	Motorola (stagiaire)
1994	Team Telekom
1995–1996	Motorola
1997–1998	Team Polti
1999–2000	Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2005	Lotto–Domo
2006	Phonak
2007	T-Mobile Team
Managerial teams
2009–	Trek–Livestrong
2011	Team RadioShack
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2000) Stage races Tour de l'Ain (2003) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2000) GP de Wallonie (2001)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games

Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx^[2] (born 8 August 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is team director of UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.^[3]

In his professional career (1993–2007), he won the Belgian national road race championship in 2000 and a bronze medal in the road race at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

^ "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ État présent de la noblesse belge, 4th series, 2003 /2014
^ "Hagens Berman Axeon". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.