[CR]Maertens and Merckx

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:33:14 -0800 (PST)
From: "Derek Willburn" <morganx9@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Maertens and Merckx
To: VintageBikes <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060213163221.87523.qmail@web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Hi Brian, This is taken from your letter to CyclingNews:

"First, Maertens did not bring Gimondi and Ocana across, Maertens bridged across on his own and offered to work with Merckx and let him take the win, Eddy refused and immediately stopped riding..."

My questions: How did Merckx refuse? Are you saying that Maertens knew he was on his own by Eddy's refusal? If Merckx stopped riding, why did Maertens try to lead him out?

Thanks,
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA


--- BJay Booth wrote:


> To try to understand what happened between Merckx
> and Maertens I have read several books on Merckx, as
> well as Freddy Maertens book "Fall from Grace" as
> well as watched the video of the finish of 1973
> Worlds a hundred times, and I sent a letter with my
> opinions on this incident to Cyclingnews.com that
> was published and can be read at this link.
>
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/letters/?id=2004/nov19letters#Merckx
>
> Brian (still freezing to death in the Great White
> North) Booth
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
>
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