Comments on: The Secret of Savona http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/the-secret-of-savona/ a fresh take on cycling news and commentary Fri, 29 May 2015 20:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: say it ain’t so, Eddy « crankpunk http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/the-secret-of-savona/#comment-339 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:59:06 +0000 http://cyclismas.com/?p=7341#comment-339 […] in ’69, ’73 and ’75 (in the latter 2 cases he blamed the doctor, in the first, he blamed Italy – well, kind of, and a diplomatic row ensued). when Armstrong announced his decision not to […]

]]> By: Interview: Daniel Friebe, author of “Eddy Merckx – The Cannibal” « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/the-secret-of-savona/#comment-338 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:00:56 +0000 http://cyclismas.com/?p=7341#comment-338 […] Let’s talk doping. Let’s talk Savona. Almost everyone who was there – and quite a few people who weren’t – seems to claim to […]

]]> By: Review of Daniel Friebe’s “Eddy Merckx – The Cannibal” « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/the-secret-of-savona/#comment-337 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:40:24 +0000 http://cyclismas.com/?p=7341#comment-337 […] to notice the symbolism of the gladioli to be found in the hotel reception that Monday morning in the 1969 Giro, or drop in comedy moments like Roger de Vlaeminck demonstrating how to mop up spilled coffee […]

]]> By: Merckx 69: The birth of “The Cannibal” « Cyclismas | cycling satire and commentary http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/the-secret-of-savona/#comment-336 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:21:52 +0000 http://cyclismas.com/?p=7341#comment-336 […] But no, 1969 was not the year he did it. He did come close – a cat’s whisker close – but in 1969 Eddy Merckx was turfed off the corsa rosa a week out from home, with four stage wins under his wheels and the maglia rosa on his back. Cycling’s fickle […]

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