The Ghisallo Museum celebrates the greatest rider of all time with an exhibition that traces his extraordinary career. From 1966 to 1976, Merckx won 5 Tour de France, 5 Giro d'Italia, 5 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 7 Milan-San Remo, 3 Paris-Roubaix, 3 World Championships, 2 Tours of Flanders and 2 Lombardy, the Vuelta and an hour record, signing legendary achievements like the Giro-Tour double in three seasons.
Through objects, images, footage and testimonies, the exhibition tells the story of his glorious victories and the impact he had on cycling and world sports. Eddy in 80 years has given us 525 gifts and more: beyond the victories, add his courage and talent, an example.
The initiative is sponsored by the UEC and curated by the Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Museum Foundation, in collaboration with Faema, now part of the Cimbali Group. The MUMAC, the group's corporate museum, has been supporting the Ghisallo Museum for ten years, in a shared narrative of history and passion.
The exhibition is a collective gift to the great Eddy Merckx, with many friends led by the Molteni Foundation.
It is an exhibition that wants to celebrate the greatest of all. A necessary tribute by the Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Museum Foundation, until September 2025, up there in the museum, in Magreglio, next to the Sanctuary, homage is paid to Eddy Merckx, "the Cannibal", on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
It is not a simple retrospective, but an emotional and iconographic journey that intertwines history, memory and passion. With images, voices, words: a sports literature to be experienced in three rooms packed with jerseys, photos, bikes, texts and even a film, the documentary produced by Raisport and curated by Franco Bortuzzo "The Three Tailors of the King".
The exhibition was wanted by the Ghisallo Museum Foundation, by president Antonio Molteni, and is curated by Carola Gentilini, the director. It collects original memorabilia, historic jerseys, bicycles, photographs, articles and footage that tell a legendary epic, from the first world triumph to successes in grand tours. Merckx is much more than a champion: he is the symbol of a winning era of cycling.
The exhibition returns his greatness through an immersive narrative, which starts from Belgium and arrives at the secular sanctuary of Magreglio, where his sporting faith has been home for a long time. Testimonies from rivals and lifelong friends are not lacking. An exhibition for those who loved Merckx and for those who want to discover why that name still gives goosebumps.
Video link about the exhibition: https://youtu.be/tnPP2yP4kUY?si=FneQw6D4qJiNoqPq
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