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  • Cycling legend Eddy Merckx crashes, breaks hip

    12/09/2024 4:43:59 PM PST · by Paal Gulli · 4 replies
    Cycling Weekly ^ | 9 Dec 2024 | Tom Davidson
    Eddy Merckx hospitalised after bike crash 79-year-old cycling legend required to undergo surgery on broken hip By Tom Davidson published 8 hours ago Legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx has broken his hip in a “stupid” cycling accident in Belgium, his wife has said. The 79-year-old crashed his bike on Monday afternoon, falling in a town on the outskirts of the city of Mechelen. He was assisted at the scene by onlookers, who phoned for an ambulance for the five-time Tour de France champion. Confirming the news to Belgian publication Het Nieuwsblad, Merckx’s wife Claudine said it was a “stupid accident”. “There...
  • LeMond Steals the Show, Accuses Landis Camp of Harassment

    05/18/2007 12:15:10 PM PDT · by Cagey · 24 replies · 581+ views
    AP via Excite News ^ | 5-18-2007 | EDDIE PELLS
    MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -A tip for all potential arbitration witnesses out there: Never take the mike after Greg LeMond. The three-time Tour de France winner stole the show at the Floyd Landis hearing Thursday during a short, explosive bit of testimony filled with talk of sexual abuse, blackmail and backstabbing that led to the on-the-spot firing of Landis' business manager. It was Landis who asked for this hearing to be public, though he couldn't have expected a scene like this to break out. And though it's hard to know what impact these blockbusters had on the arbitrators, it will be...