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positive for blood doping today, I should point out that Merckx was plagued with doping allegations in 1969, having withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia earlier in the year after strong accusations of drug use.

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

  1. Dawna Riggs says:

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  2. Kristin Taverna says:

    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. DeFence was aTTaCk nice

  4. 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

  5. Kristin you may use an article spinner to reproduce the copy of the article.

  6. cyclone says:

    that is good post. i have the experience of bicycling that is good.

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