It was 1973. The worldchampionship were on 2/09 with Gimondi winning after a catastrophic sprint of Eddy Merckx. Paris-Bruxelles was on 26/09. Eddy is the greatest.
@@rawleymendoza107 that doesn't define a great racer. Patrick Sercu won the World Sprint title 9 times, won over 90 six day races, he was a great rider. Rik Van Looy won every classic, and the world title, he was a great rider. Tom Simpson won the world title, many classics, he was a great rider. Get your head out of your arse, Roger was a great rider, just ask Merckx!
Amazing , he attacked , the rest chased for a mile , then they hesitated , and Merckx was gone ! Bravo Eddy
It was 1973. The worldchampionship were on 2/09 with Gimondi winning after a catastrophic sprint of Eddy Merckx. Paris-Bruxelles was on 26/09. Eddy is the greatest.
obviously 1973 like the title!!
A Merckx attack was always an attack to win, the others knew when Merckx attacked that was it, it was a decisive moment, the situation was serious.
A man amongst boys.
De Vlaeminck was no boy.
@@arklat but De Vlaeminck never won any of the 3 major tours, Merckx won a total of 11, i. e. 5 tour de france titles, 5 Giros, 1 Vuelta
@@rawleymendoza107 Merckx was the stuff nightmares are made of.
Roger was the typical Belgian classics racer.
@@rawleymendoza107 that doesn't define a great racer. Patrick Sercu won the World Sprint title 9 times, won over 90 six day races, he was a great rider. Rik Van Looy won every classic, and the world title, he was a great rider. Tom Simpson won the world title, many classics, he was a great rider. Get your head out of your arse, Roger was a great rider, just ask Merckx!
Just shows you the power of Eddy, he rode Roger off the wheel, and Roger was a great Classics rider! Pogacar, all todays racers couldn't do that!
Eddy doing what he did many many times .......he just rides away and wins alone.
No, it must be '74!
Gimondi is the World Champion.
SEPTEMBER 1973 AFTER BARCELONA
@@almalux2023 Oh, sorry! I thought Paris Bruxelles was a spring classic.