He great Belgian cycling champion Eddy Merckx –winner of five Tours de France, one Vuelta, five Giros d’Italia, seven Milan-San Remo, five Liège-Bastogne-Liège…– the detail of the start of ‘Big Boucle’ 2023.
‘The Cannibal‘ The Belgian believes that “pogacar will win this Tour. He is stronger than Vingegaard and the other runners”, Eddy pointed out to the MD collaborator Rafael Carrasco this past Sunday.
SA Merckx The enormous dedication that ‘Pogi’ showed from the start did not escape him, but in his opinion “the Tour is very long and I don’t think it will end with a show of effort. Pogacar is like me,” he added. This is not the first time that Merckx has praised the Slovenian runner, who, due to his youth and great performance, has been baptized as the ‘new Cannibal’.
Eddy himself applauded his successor after a great season of ‘Handsome‘ in 2021: “He’s 23 years old and has won the Tour twice and 30 races. It’s incredible. He’s at the beginning of his career and he’s better than me in some races.
Source: La Verdad
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