On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:42:13 -0500 Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
writes:
> Merckx mentions the
> Blois crash in his book "The Fabulous World of Cycling" and says
> that he suffered
> a lot of pain from it for the remainder of his career. Anyone know
> where to find a detailed account of the Blois crash?
There was also another incident in his career, in the Tour, when he got punched in the kidney. Though the damage was not as bad as the velodrome crash, a photographer took a series of photographs of him in pain in a shower.
How much abuse can one rider take in the name of pro cycling?
Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
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