hen he was racing, Eddy Merckx primarily had a reputation for winning, but he was also famously – or notoriously, if you asked his mechanic – fanatical about his equipment and set-up, making adjustments mid-race, the iconic documentary about the 1976 edition of Paris-Roubaix, where the race is held up by protesters and Merckx uses this as an opportunity to tinker with his saddle setback, cheekily borrowing a spanner from the Brooklyn service car of his rival Roger de Vlaeminck.
Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra
Feb 22, 2024
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