# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-merckx
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:55:14.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-merckx"
name: "Axel Merckx"
slug: "axel-merckx"
description: "Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx 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."
tagline: "Belgian road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Axel_Merckx.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.15
  momentum:             10
  historical:           20.64750266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
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    title: "Аксель Меркс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Merckx"
    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Merckx"
    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Merckx"
    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アクセル・メルクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Merckx"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump