Bad fall on bicycle for Eddy Merckx
Bad fall on bicycle for Eddy Merckx
During a bicycle ride, 79-year-old Belgian Eddy Merckx, the most successful cyclist of all time, è fell along the streets of Mechelen shortly after lunchtime.
Some passersby, when they saw him on the ground, immediately rescued him and called the ambulance. The diagnosis è of a hip fracture and the “Cannibal” will undergo surgery.
Five years ago Merckx had sustained a serious head injury in another fall, and the recovery was very long, because it entailed collateral problems with his back, hip and knees.
Eddy Merckx è born June 17, 1945 and in his career, among the many races he won, he è won three world championships, 5 Tours of Italy, 5 Tour de France, 7 Milan-San Remo, 3 Paris-Roubaix, 2 Tours of Lombardy, 5 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and 2 Tours of Flanders.
