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Eddy Merckx, a Rare card
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Eddy Merckx quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eddy Merckx card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played several sports, but found his true ______ in cycling.
Answer
passion. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. From the Eddy Merckx article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Desmond Tutu. Desmond Tutu 400,000 · New Age 320,000 · Eddy Merckx 240,000 · Bradley Wiggins 190,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours, all five Monuments, setting the hour record, three World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track.
- 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.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eddy Merckx article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Eddy Merckx
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Eddy Merckx (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
