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His defence was attack… It was all so simple

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positive for blood doping today, I should point out that Merckx was plagued with doping allegations in 1969, having withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia earlier in the year after strong accusations of drug use.

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4 Responses to “His defence was attack… It was all so simple”

  1. Dawna Riggs says:
    November 12, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    a3f3p2dxp0wftter

  2. Kristin Taverna says:
    September 2, 2009 at 8:15 am

    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!

  3. Aprilia Motorcycle says:
    October 27, 2009 at 12:24 am

    DeFence was aTTaCk nice

  4. Brigo-Bikes-Fan says:
    January 16, 2010 at 3:54 am

    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

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