Eddy Merckx is one of the metro stations of line 1B of the Brussels Metro. It is named after the famous Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, five times winner of the Tour de France. Map of the Brussels metro system A station in the Brussels Metro Brussels, Belgium, has a metro network with three lines of metro (two of which share a common section), two lines of premetro (underground sections used by otherwise open-air tramway lines and designed so as to be convertible... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ...

The station was opened on september 15th, 2003 as part of the extension betweem Bizet and Erasme/Erasmus. The station is decorated with artefacts of the Cyclist, including one of his bikes. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...