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2 days ago · Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961.
3 days ago · Eddy Merckx (* 17. Juni 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgien; eigentlich Édouard Louis Joseph Baron Merckx) ist ein ehemaliger belgischer Radrennfahrer. Er gewann je fünf Mal die beiden wichtigsten Rundfahrten, die Tour de France und den Giro d’Italia.
2 days ago · Antwerp ( / ˈæntwɜːrp / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə (n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin.
1 day ago · Map of the Congo Free State in 1892. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
1 day ago · Aan uitgaande kant is er sprake van spits Diyar Kaplan (Meensel-Kiezegem), Yoni Vangoethem die stopt, Thomas Vranckx (Nossegem), Xander Herreman (Haasrode), Sander Meeus en Bavo Somers (beiden ...
4 days ago · On this day, 3 December 1930, the death toll from a mysterious heavy fog in the Meuse Valley in Belgium rose to 64 people. On a cold December morning, the Meuse Valley awoke to a heavy fog engulfing the entire country and large swathes of northern Europe.
6 days ago · Tadej Pogacar voerde vrijdag richting Isola 2000 een nieuwe onemanshow op. Zijn zoveelste al deze Tour. De Sloveen roept het ‘Merckxisme’ weer tot leven, ziet onze analist Michel Wuyts, die ...
