'They Should Try for It' – Eddy Merckx Argues for Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel to Both Attempt the Hour Record

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Like almost all cyclists of his time, Eddy Merckx converted to this sport out of necessity, due to the urgency of poverty, for not working for hours, days and years in the grocery store that his father, carpenter, had opened in a workers' neighborhood of Brussels, Woluwe. There grew the considered best cyclist in history. That says his record, the service sheet of a legend that turns this Tuesday 80 years old. Little Eddy bought his first bike a…

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Although Tadej Pogacar is carving his way into the history books of cycling, page one is still reserved for Eddy Merckx. In the 60s and 70s, the Belgian star took...

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No professional biker has dominated such an era as Eddy Merckx. On Tuesday the Belgian becomes 80 years old.

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On this Tuesday, June 17, Belgium is multiplying the celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of the famous cyclist, five times victorious of the Tour de France.

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PORTRAIT - The Belgian champion, who celebrates his 80th birthday this Tuesday, has outrageously dominated the 1960s and 1970s and remains unrivalled.