Cycling, Merckx suffers bad bike fall

Rome, 9 December 2024 - Love for the bicycle has no age and knows no fears related to it: not even if your name is Eddy Merckx, two 79 years and already in 2019 you were the victim of a bad fall. The former Belgian champion repeats the misadventure of 5 years makes you lose control of the vehicle Mechelen: the first response issued by the hospital Herentals, the same one where he was treated Remco Evenepoel in recent days following the his fall in training, He talks about a hip fracture that will require surgery.  

Merckx's conditions

"It was a stupid accident: no one else was involved, Eddy he simply slipped. Luckily he wasn't alone, because he felt a violent pain. He knew it was serious and it was confirmed in the hospital: he broke his hip and will have to be operated on". This is his comment to the microphones of Het Nieuwsblad of the lady Claudine, wife of Cannibal, promptly rescued by some passers-by. Compared to the fall of the 2019, which occurred in the vicinity of Ghent, this time the toll seems less serious: at the time Merckx he suffered a bad head injury, with associated cranial trauma, and problems with his back, hip and knees that required a long period of rehabilitation. Unfortunately, here we go again, but the first reports provided on the conditions of the greatest of all time seem reassuring: obviously waiting for the operation and the subsequent recovery.

The conditions of Uijtdebroeks

From a rather experienced and established Belgian to another young and still raw one: Cian Uijtdebroeks a year ago at this time the scene was dominated by the brawl over the cycle market that broke out between the then Bora Hansgrohe e Jumbo Visma. The second one won, not without controversy and mutual venom, but since then the class of 2003 has been heard little or nothing also due to various physical problems. The holidays of Uijtdebroeks they had opened with the fear of having to go under the knife to solve once and for all a long-standing problem involving a sensation of numbness in the legs: a discomfort that, after the one from Giro d'Italia, had also cost him his retirement from Return. Then the clearing up, told to the microphones of The last hour. "It was a problem with my lower back, with some nerves that were blocked: having identified it was a great relief. Since then I have spent a lot of time in the gym doing specific exercises to strengthen the area. There is still a long road ahead, but now I look to the future with more optimism". Although his career is only just beginning, the young Belgian has also had the opportunity to talk about the future, confessing a passion similar to that of Vincenzo Nibali, not by chance he switched from two to four wheels. "After retiring from cycling I would like to start a career in rallying: I have already driven a car like that and I think the adrenaline you feel is a wonderful sensation". Another activity that puts a lot of strain on the back.

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