Merckx is generally acknowledged as the greatest cyclist of all time, and Armstrong though during his reign was regularly kind of mentioned as perhaps the greatest cyclist of all time.
Because Merckx didn't cooperate as such with you did he?
So Merckx is quite a disappointing character.
And Merckx sort of remained this kind of Peter Pan never grew up, because you know losing is an inexperience, we all have setbacks in our lives.
But Merckx managed to keep a lid on everything.
And Merckx knocked on his door and demanding half of the Chianti otherwise he was gonna see to it that this guy never race again.
If you chucked Eddy Merckx on to a carbon fiber bike and stuck him in a modern peloton, where would you find his, what would he do?
Daniel: Beat Merckx again and he pulled off the road just after the finish line, and he burst into this little wooden shack near the finish line to a completely deserted house
Who quite strangely enough for Merckx and Armstrong were kind of rivals through history in a sense.
And that kind of falsifies Merckx 's achievements when you compare them to achievements nowadays.
It's interesting because paradoxically Merckx , you know the way you describe him there he's sort of a mafia boss or a bully.
The way in the general classification Merckx would make decisive moves that would nowadays in the modern era be considered suicidal.
But far more selective than Merckx had been.
You know in front of Merckx and Anquetil as a six-time winner.
You said it was very different from Merckx and LeMond.
Could you describe how >>Daniel: Oh Merckx is not a ghost, it's not an autobiography.
"Slaying the Badger," and what is the Eddy Merckx cannibal.
"The Cannibal", Eddy Merckx , the greatest cyclist of them all.
And that was very much the case with Merckx .
It actually made the more complete characters than Merckx .
And anyway, Merckx was before my time.
Completely meaningless, Merckx was gonna win the race.
But I'm not sure – >>Richard: The other day he beat Merckx again and had to hide in somebody's house.
And I think Anquetil retired the year that Merckx also won his first tour.
I mean that was, for Merckx , he was just as wracked with self-doubt as any rider you will ever find.
And he was a sprinter anyway, so on this particular he managed to beat Merckx .
And there was the Anquetil era, followed by the Merckx era followed almost directly afterward by the Hinault era.
It was, we thought this guy is the new Merckx or Hinault or somebody, he's just so so talented.
He said "Granny, granny don't worry, I'm not gonna do anything to you, but Eddy Merckx is chasing me and he wants to rip my head and face off."
And it's interesting cause Hinault retired, I'm sorry, Merckx retired in 78', the year that Hinault won his first Tour de France.
And he should be, we should be talking about Contador had things panned out differently in the same tones that we talk about Merckx and Armstrong and Hinault, greatest stage