Advantages: Good insight into the worlds greatest cycle racer Disadvantages: Some poor narating and unimpressive book
...the life and achievements of Eddy Merckx one of the greatest cyclists in the history of the sport. ==His Story== Eddy Merckx who is also known as the cannibal was born in Belgium on June 17th in 1945. He was an amazing athelete and definetly the most amazing cyclist ever to graze the planet. His rein as greatest cyclist ever was between the years of 1968 and 1974. He won a record 11 grand tours including the Tour De France and amazing 5 times. He ... ...won many more races. Eddy Merckx in my mind is definetly the best cyclist ever to ride on the planet and this DVD shows all those victories he had in the worlds greatest bike race and shows just how dominate he was and how hard he worked. After he amazing career Merckx decided to retire at the young age of 32 showing that all these victories finally took there toll on him. Although I was not alive during his dominance in the sport being a cycling ...
lewis_uk12000 19.05.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Eddy Merckx - Legends Of The Tour De France (+Book) (DVD)
Advantages: full history both good and bad points Disadvantages: some clips are grainy but that doesn't distract too much
...with the up to date Eddy was very interesting. His views and memories of those years as a true hero of cycling. I didn't realise they had a drug issue in those early days as well. It makes you realise how lucky we are now the sporting athorities are actively stopping that darker side of cycling. The old race routes and roads must have made this sport very hazzordous then. If you like cycling or know someone who does I can recommend this dvd. It was ...
Tricia56 26.09.2006
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Eddy Merckx dominated the sport of cycling for a decade from the mid-1960s to the ... more
mid-1970s in a way that no-one before had managed to. In total, Eddy Merckx was victorious in 525 professional races, an astonishing 35% of all the races he entered. Whet...