
Part 2 of the interview in Cycling with Eddy Merckx, following his 1969 Tour de France win.
With Vinokourov’s “A” sample testing positive for blood doping today, I should point out that Merckx was plagued with doping allegations in 1969, having withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia earlier in the year after strong accusations of drug use.
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I know an avid biker who turns 40 this year. He would LOVE a copy of this article from 1969. Any chance I could get a reproduction? Please email me….thanks!
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Nice Post, I have followed Road Cycling for years and have been whaching the Tour De France every year since the late 1970s
I think that Merckx was the greatest all round cyclist ever and in an era when doping was almost mandatory he was quite clearly the best