Eddy le plus grand champion de tout les temps tout sports confondus . Dans son domaine le cyclisme inégalé 525 victoires sans compter sur piste . Notre eddy mais mon idole absolut la légende est bien vivante pour voir qu il est toujours le plus grand ce grand homme est humble et discret j'espère le voir pour le tour 2022 . Quand j'y pense c était pas bizances pour les pros qui ont courrus avec le cannibale eddy le plus grand et universel .
Eddy merckx le roi et toujours bien parmi nous et ces génials car il peu voir qu' il est toujours le roi des rois eddy ne sera jamai égalé jamai ont ne verra un champion comme lui. Eddy merckx éternel et intemporel pour eddy merckx jai toujours été belge car quand ont voi a un moment il était dangereux pour lui de faire des compétitions a causes de chauvins et cons de français jaloux a partir de la jai dit je suis belge magnifique pays et une belle mentalité eddy était le grand et un homme humble jai 62 ans et eddy est mon idole absolut . Vive le plus grand pour l'éternité.
@@jthom1674 Beautiful country and nice people. I saw Merckx race at the World Championships in Montreal 1974 the only time he raced in North America. We drove up from CT. I was a licensed 18 year old bicycle racer, and Merckx was and still is my 'hero' Slept in a station wagon on the course the night before, went down to the start finish line way early, no one there but the empty stands. Then who rides up alone none other than Eddy Merckx! He looked at me and vice versa and he rode off in the early morning fog around the course I guess to scope it out and strategize his plans. Anyway the course being 7. 5 miles around meant I got to see him ride by many times and I stood at the top of Mt Royal so he would be going 'slow' as he went by me. I thought maybe he had let the breakaway with Thevenet stay out to close to the end and would never catch them, but then I witnessed why he won so many races - he blasted away I think less than two laps from the end and passed them with a guy from another team in tow who was just trying to hang on to Eddy's draft for dear life. I walked down to the final stretch and saw Eddy had simply ridden away from the guy drafting him and he soloed across the finish line. The fans chanted out EhhDEE! EhhDEE! EhhDEE! as he walked up the podium. I walked up to the podium and picked up a nice red gladiola flower from the bouquet he had held aloft. I keep it as a dried flower for years in a JC Penny catalogue and must have thrown it away. It was a great experience. He is the greatest athlete.
That he suffered enormously. He doesn't know what it is but for him Merckx was 5km/hr faster than them. He doesn't know what it is but thinks Merckx was faster than the year before.
@@Coco-ku3be yeah and todays big helmets mean the riders faces are too hidden to make quick identification possible, its for safety of course but detracts from the sport.
the only thing I dont like about old cycling is that there were too many cars and motos around cyclists, even on the finish line... Here you can count an enormous amount of them
@@tungstenkid2271 This is so true, this is the first time I see someone else bring up this argument. These helmets make them look like aliens and it takes away quick identification.
Righteous New Age American bearded hipster cyclist here on his "proudly" Made In China "aero" plastic Sh&tmano bike, with DISC BRAKES! Merckx and the others were doing it all wrong! Their position was wrong. They were not spinning. They knew nothing. They were all wrong!
Greatest athlete the world has ever or will ever see!
Großartige Qualität der alten Filme!!!
quand je voie Eddy je suis encore plus fier d'etre Belge
Eddy le plus grand champion de tout les temps tout sports confondus . Dans son domaine le cyclisme inégalé 525 victoires sans compter sur piste . Notre eddy mais mon idole absolut la légende est bien vivante pour voir qu il est toujours le plus grand ce grand homme est humble et discret j'espère le voir pour le tour 2022 . Quand j'y pense c était pas bizances pour les pros qui ont courrus avec le cannibale eddy le plus grand et universel .
In 2020 is dat het hoogtepunt van het voorjaar 🙌🏻
de JR 53 merci pour ces vidéo
I ❤️ retro cycling!
Yes !!!
Meu maior sonho era conhecer o Eddy Merckx e ganhar uma bicicleta dele
That interview with Verbeeck at the end 😂
nice job sir Sending my full support Sir God bless you sir🙏 from Philippines
Eddy merckx le roi et toujours bien parmi nous et ces génials car il peu voir qu' il est toujours le roi des rois eddy ne sera jamai égalé jamai ont ne verra un champion comme lui. Eddy merckx éternel et intemporel pour eddy merckx jai toujours été belge car quand ont voi a un moment il était dangereux pour lui de faire des compétitions a causes de chauvins et cons de français jaloux a partir de la jai dit je suis belge magnifique pays et une belle mentalité eddy était le grand et un homme humble jai 62 ans et eddy est mon idole absolut . Vive le plus grand pour l'éternité.
It's not just the fact he won , it's the way he won !
Eddy doing what Eddy did many many times .....rides away and wins alone.
Bravo
Gosto mais desse ciclismo clássico e das bicicletas dessa época as bikes moderna de hoje são muito feias e sem estilo
Hij rijdt 5 per uur te snel..😂😂😂
Merckx on steroids 🤣
Is this in Flemish? Like Pieter Brugel spoke a few hundred years ago?
Yes, but it has ofcourse modernised
@@jthom1674 Beautiful country and nice people. I saw Merckx race at the World Championships in Montreal 1974 the only time he raced in North America. We drove up from CT. I was a licensed 18 year old bicycle racer, and Merckx was and still is my 'hero' Slept in a station wagon on the course the night before, went down to the start finish line way early, no one there but the empty stands. Then who rides up alone none other than Eddy Merckx! He looked at me and vice versa and he rode off in the early morning fog around the course I guess to scope it out and strategize his plans. Anyway the course being 7. 5 miles around meant I got to see him ride by many times and I stood at the top of Mt Royal so he would be going 'slow' as he went by me.
I thought maybe he had let the breakaway with Thevenet stay out to close to the end and would never catch them, but then I witnessed why he won so many races - he blasted away I think less than two laps from the end and passed them with a guy from another team in tow who was just trying to hang on to Eddy's draft for dear life. I walked down to the final stretch and saw Eddy had simply ridden away from the guy drafting him and he soloed across the finish line. The fans chanted out EhhDEE! EhhDEE! EhhDEE! as he walked up the podium. I walked up to the podium and picked up a nice red gladiola flower from the bouquet he had held aloft. I keep it as a dried flower for years in a JC Penny catalogue and must have thrown it away. It was a great experience. He is the greatest athlete.
Nice memories
So Merckx sat on him then for how many miles? But bloke let him so who's the mug?
The riders looked like real men in those days..:)
PS- What was Verbeeck saying at the end interview?
That he suffered enormously. He doesn't know what it is but for him Merckx was 5km/hr faster than them. He doesn't know what it is but thinks Merckx was faster than the year before.
@@michael_desmet_71 Merci..:)
@@Coco-ku3be yeah and todays big helmets mean the riders faces are too hidden to make quick identification possible, its for safety of course but detracts from the sport.
the only thing I dont like about old cycling is that there were too many cars and motos around cyclists, even on the finish line... Here you can count an enormous amount of them
@@tungstenkid2271 This is so true, this is the first time I see someone else bring up this argument. These helmets make them look like aliens and it takes away quick identification.
it sometimes almost sounds like english
And the bikes looked like proper mean, lean racing bikes in those days, not like modern bikes that look like clunky freaks..:)
Als ge vlak rijd verliest ge , op kasseien verlies je , in de bergen verlies je , je verliest gwn altijd 🥴😂
tour de france ont parle francais sinon ont vas a la niche
Ducon
Righteous New Age American bearded hipster cyclist here on his "proudly" Made In China "aero" plastic Sh&tmano bike, with DISC BRAKES!
Merckx and the others were doing it all wrong! Their position was wrong. They were not spinning. They knew nothing. They were all wrong!
Au contraire
Lui vorreva sempre per vincere per questo era un grandisdimo campione