 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazarura mwaka wake wa1976 norukundo rwake rwechinomwe rwunorekodhwa muMilan-San Remo. Akatevera nekukunda muCatalan Week, asi akatambura nekudonha muchikamu chekupedzisira apo bhegi revatariri rakabata zvigaro zvake, richikuvadza chigunwe chake. Kukuvadzwa uku kwakatambudza kuita kwake mumwaka wose wechirimo. Akapinda muGiro dItalia asi akakundikana kukunda nhanho kekutanga mubasa rake. Akapedza nhangemutange ari wechisere mumakwikwi ose apo airwisana nebhero rechigaro munhangemutange yose. Kutevera kupera kweGiro, Merckx akazivisa kuti iye nechikwata chake Molteni vaisazotora chikamu muTour de France. Akatora chikamu mumakwikwi evarume mumugwagwa paUCI Road World Championshipsuye akapedza ari panzvimbo yechishanu. Akagumisa mwaka wake muna October pashure pokumhanya kworutivi rukuru rwaAugust. Akakundikana kukunda muSuper Prestige Pernod International, makwikwi umo vatasvi vaipiwa mapoinzi nokuda kwenzvimbo dzavo mumakwikwi ehunyanzvi, kokutanga kubva muna 1968. Mumwedzi miviri yokutanga yokusava mumwaka, Merckx akapedza nguva yake yakawanda akarara pasi. Molteni akagumisa kutsigira kwavo pakupera kwemwaka. 