Stéphane Mertens

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Stéphane Mertens

Nationality	Belgian

Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1983 - 1987, 1989, 1996
Teams	Yamaha
Grands Prix	49
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	27
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1984 250cc Dutch TT
Last Grand Prix	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 1988 he made the switch to racing production based motorcycles in the inaugural Superbike World Championship. Mertens raced in the Superbike class until 1994 with his best result being a second place finish behind Fred Merkel in the 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.