ABOUT ME

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ABOUT ME

• Roeland Schelstraete
• 14 years old
• Lives in Sijsele

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WHY AXEL MERCKX?

• Fan of road bicycle race
• Fan of Tour de France
• Son of the five-time Tour de France champion Eddy
  Merckx

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WHO IS AXEL MERCKX?

• 1972
• born in Uccle on August 8
• 1993
• start of his professional career
• 1997
• marriage with Jodi Cross,a Canadien triathlete
• 2007
• end of his career. Axel, Jodi and their
  daughters Axana and Athina now live in Monaco

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WHO IS AXEL MERCKX?

• Started with T-Mobile Team
• Raced for - Team Telecom
• - Motorola
• - Mapei-Quick Step
• - Domo- Farm Frites
• - Lotto- Domo
• - Davitamon- Lotto
• - Phonak
• - T-Mobile Team

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HIS CHARACTERISTICS

• A good climber at his best in the mid-altitude
  mountain ranges(Massif Central, the Ardennes)
• Favourite race Liège- Bastogne- Liège
• Not a very good sprinter
• Won his last race the After Tour Criterium at
  Lommel (August 7, 2007)

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HIS SPECIAL VICTORIES

• 2005 Tour de France
• he won stage 12 on July 14 (Bastille Day)
  and so did his father on July 9, 1969
• he won stage 18 on July 21 (Belgian National
  Holiday)

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HIS OLYMPIC ADVENTURE

• The 2004 Olympic Games in AtheneAxel won the
  bronze medal
• With this victory he overshadowed his father

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SOURCES

• www.wikipedia.com
• www.google.com

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I hope you got to learn Axel Merckx, our
olympic athlete, a bit better