Among other names to watch in the team are Axel Merckx, Peter van Petegem and Christophe Brandt.

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' Not Merckx's, not Hinault's, not LeMond's, not Coppi's, not Gimondi's, not Indurain's, not Anquetil's, not Bartali's, and not mine.

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Four riders, including the great Eddie Merckx, had previously won five Tours.

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Merckx, despite eventually having to make do with 28th, produced a series of courageous rides which won the plaudits of the peloton.

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He points out that Eddy Merckx, Belgium's five-time Tour de France winner, said no other country did youth development in cycling like Colombia.

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But, no, the name is actually an homage to the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, and also a sidelong way for the owner, Christian Pappanicholas, a cycling fanatic who owns Resto, the Belgian restaurant next door, to summon the spirit of the hard-core carnivore.

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It was long thought that doping was rife in professional cycling (five-time Tour winner Eddy Merckx once said that the Tour was not won on sandwiches and mineral water), but the eventual admission of France's top rider Richard Virenque and team masseur Willy Voet confirmed it.

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