Stéphane Mertens

Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider


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Name = Stéphane Mertens
Nationality = flagicon|Belgium Belgian
Years = 1983 - 1987, 1989, 1996
Teams = Yamaha
Races = 49
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 27
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1984 250cc Dutch TT
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1996 500cc Australian Grand Prix

Stéphane Mertens (born May 14, 1959 in Paris, France) is a Belgian motorcycle road racer.

He made his Grand Prix debut in 1984, racing in the 250cc class. He also won the 1984 250cc Belgian Road Racing National Championship. He continued racing in the 250cc Grands Prix in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In SBK|1988 he made the switch to racing production based motorcycles in the inaugural Superbike World Championship. Mertens raced in the Superbike class until SBK|1994 with his best result being a second place finish behind Fred Merkel in the SBK|1989 season, while riding for Honda. In 1995 he began to compete in the motorcycle Endurance World Championship, winning that title in 1995 and 2002. Mertens was a member of the winning team at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans.

External links

* [http://www.stephanemertens.com/ Stéphane Mertens Homepage]