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In 1886, a Welsh cyclist is popularly reputed to have died after drinking a blend of cocaine, caffeine and strychnine, supposedly in the Bordeaux–Paris race. This was included in the 1997 International Olympic Committee study on the Historical Evolution of Doping Phenomenon, and listed as the presumed first death due to doping during a competition.
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (Dutch: [ˈɛdi ˈmɛr(ə)ks], French: [ɛdi mɛʁks]), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
Eddy Merckx (1 C, 11 P) ... Belgian track cyclists (66 P) Σ. Belgian cycling biography stubs (2 C, 111 P) Pages in category "Belgian cyclists"
(c. 1900 postcard) The cyclist Paul Dangla and his pacemaker teammate Marius Thé in the Vélodrome d'Hiver (c. 1903) The first documented deaths of competitive cyclists during competition or training date to the 1890s and early 1900s when the recently-invented safety bicycle made cycling more popular , both as a sport and as a mode of ...
It is named after the famous Belgian road and track cyclist Eddy Merckx. [ 1 ] The venue hosted the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2009 European Track Cycling Championships , and for years it is the permanent location of the Belgian National track championships .
After the race, Eddy Merckx expressed his surprise at the decision to Belgian site Sporza. “It’s his choice to let a teammate win,” the Belgian cycling legend said. “But I wouldn’t have ...
Eddy Schepers (born 12 December 1955) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1978 to 1990 where he rode for many teams including C&A, Carrera and Fagor–MBK. He started out in the C&A cycling team of Belgian Eddy Merckx before riding for various teams.
The college student was on his “final training ride” ahead of a cycling competition in Georgia, a Facebook post says. Cycling champion’s bike was impaled on truck after fatal hit-and-run ...